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Increased activity of brain and platelet monoamine oxidase in dementia of Alzheimer type
Authors:R. Adolfsson  C-G. Gottfries  L. Oreland  Å. Wiberg  B. Winblad
Affiliation:1. From the Departments of Psychiatry, University of Umeå, S-901 87 Umeå, Sweden;2. Pharmacology, University of Umeå, S-901 87 Umeå, Sweden;3. Pathology, University of Umeå, S-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
Abstract:Two groups of patients with dementia of Alzheimer type were studied with respect to monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity. In one group of 11 patients MAO activity was determined in platelets and in the other group of 14 patients in the brain (hypothalamus, caudate nucleus, hippocampus and cortex gyrus cinguli) post mortem. The results were compared to controls matched for age and sex. Platelet MAO activity was significantly higher in patients with dementia of Alzheimer type compared to controls. Brain MAO-B activity but not MAO-A activity was significantly higher in the dementia group in hyppocampus and cortex gyrus cinguli. In the controls there were positive correlations for MAO-B activity with age in the four brain regions, but these correlations were absent in the dementia group. This could be explained by differences in age of onset of dementia and that the disease process does not develop homogeneously in different brains.
Keywords:Dr Bengt Winblad Department of Pathology University of Umeå S-901 87 Umeå Sweden
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