Postpartum mood swings are correlated with high monoamine oxidase A binding, a study shows. For most women, the birth of their baby is one of the most strenuous but also happiest days in their lives.

We used modifications to a published method 13 for MAO estimation that allowed us to selectively assay MAO A and MAO B in samples of rat brain. Briefly, male Sprague–Dawley rats (190–200 g) were ...

Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) have a long and prosperous history as medications for major depressive disorder (MDD). But this type of antidepressant has mostly seen its day. Though MAOIs are ...

Biochemical mechanisms involved in child development are only partly understood. Current knowledge is based on experimental and clinical studies, which are limited because of extrapolation from animal ...

A 30-year-old divorced mother of 3 children was admitted to the medical services on October 26, 1961, at 1 a.m., 16 hours after being found by her mother "thrashing about in bed, grimacing and ...

Zhu et al. have reviewed the recent developments in the knowledge about the binding, inhibitory mechanisms and structure-activity relationships of hSERT, hNET and hDAT, which are primary human ...

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a crude but effective treatment for depression. It consists of applying a brief alternating current to the brain in order to induce a generalized seizure, which ...

A small percentage of patients with major depression have had or will have manic episodes consisting of hyperactivity, euphoria, and an increase in pleasure seeking. Although some pathogenetic ...

For most women, the birth of their baby is one of the most strenuous but also happiest days in their lives. However, joy and happiness are often followed by fatigue and exhaustion. The vast majority ...

This news release is available in German. Many women suffer from baby blues after giving birth. Some even develop full-blown postpartum depression in the weeks that follow. Monoamine oxidase A, an ...