Serotonin Depression of Local Cerebral Glucose Utilisation after Monoamine Oxidase Inhibition

Serotonin depression of local cerebral glucose utilisation after monoamine oxidase inhibition.

The major catabolic enzyme for serotonin, monoamine oxidase (MAO), is present in the endothelium of cerebral vessels. We report the effects of the intracarotid administration of serotonin on local cerebral glucose utilisation in rats following MAO inhibition with the drug clorgyline. It was found that saline, clorgyline, or serotonin alone produced no significant changes in glucose utilisation....

Inhibition of monoamine oxidase by stilbenes from Rheum palmatum

Seven stilbenes and one catechin were bioactivity-guidedly isolated from the rhizomes of Rheum palmatem. Their structures were identified as piceatannol(1), resveratrol(2), piceid(3), rhapontigenin(4), piceatannol-3'-O-β-D-glucopyranoside(5), rhaponticin(6), catechin(7) and desoxyrhapontigenin(8). Anti-monoamine oxidase (MAO) activities of compounds 1–8 were tested. Compounds 1 and 8 showed sig...

Inhibition of monoamine oxidase by stilbenes from Rheum palmatum

Seven stilbenes and one catechin were bioactivity-guidedly isolated from the rhizomes of Rheum palmatem. Their structures were identified as piceatannol(1), resveratrol(2), piceid(3), rhapontigenin(4), piceatannol-3'-O-β-D-glucopyranoside(5), rhaponticin(6), catechin(7) and desoxyrhapontigenin(8). Anti-monoamine oxidase (MAO) activities of compounds 1–8 were tested. Compounds 1 and 8 showed sig...

Monoamine oxidase inhibition.

Introduction The discovery that inhibitors of monoamine oxidase (EC 1.4.3.4.; MAO) are antidepressants (see [ l ] for a review) has resulted in the synthesis of large numbers of inhibitors, several of which have proved to be valuable in clinical use. Such work was given added impetus when it was recognized that there are two monoamine oxidases in most mammalian tissues, MAO-A and MAO-B, with di...

Deoxyglucose Method For Measurement Of Local Cerebral Glucose Utilisation