Distribution of type A and type B monoamine oxidase activity in hypothalamic nuclei of the rat.
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.
D000818:Animals; D003010:Clorgyline / Q000494:pharmacology; D005629:Frozen Sections; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D008995:Monoamine Oxidase / Q000032:analysis*; D051381:Rats
D008995:Monoamine Oxidase; D003010:Clorgyline