Platelet Monoamine Oxidase in Alzheimer's Disease
- 1 September 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Gerontology
- Vol. 37 (5), 572-574
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geronj/37.5.572
Abstract
Platelet monoamine oxidase activity using the phenylethylamine substrate was significantly (37%) elevated in patients with Alzheimer's disease as compared with controls in a similar age range. There was no significant increase in monoamine oxidase activity toward the tryptamine substrate.Keywords
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