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Distribution of Type A and Type B Monoamine Oxidase Activity in Hypothalamic Nuclei of the Rat
Author(s) -
Kunimoto Norifumi,
Hazama Hidebumi
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1979.tb00179.x
Subject(s) - clorgyline , monoamine oxidase , hypothalamus , monoamine oxidase b , chemistry , endocrinology , distribution (mathematics) , medicine , type (biology) , monoamine oxidase a , biology , enzyme , biochemistry , ecology , mathematical analysis , mathematics
Summary The regional distribution of type A, type A and B and type B activity of monoamine oxidase (MAO) in individual nuclei of the rat hypothalamus was studied according to quantitative micromethods with clorgyline as a specific inhibitor of type A MAO. As results, type A and type B MAO were distributed differently in the rat hypothalamus. It is suggested that type B MAO acts differently from type A MAO in regard to the function of the hypothalamus.