Posted by SLS on August 22, 2011, at 6:15:06
In reply to Re: MAO-A vs MAO-B?, posted by policebox on August 22, 2011, at 0:13:30
> That's an interesting finding. It seems consistent with the side-effects individuals experience when they stop smoking, such as depression and agitation. Higher levels of MAO in the synaptic cleft would theoretically correspond to higher levels of neurotransmitter degradation.
I think that MAO is located in the cytosol; most of which is bound to mitochondria. It is COMT that is found in the synaptic gap and that is responsible for deamination.
- Scott
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