Plasma MAO Activity Unrelated to Genetic Vulnerability to Primary Affective Illness

Elliot S. Gershon, Robert H. Belmaker, Richard Ebstein, Wulff Zeev Jonas

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Abstract

Plasma monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity was studied in 37 patients with primary affective illness, 105 relatives and spouses, and 37 normal controls, using carbon 14-labeled benzylamine as substrate. No differences between patients and controls were found, and there was no association of altered enzyme activity with the ill or well persons within families. Plasma MAO activity is heritable, and there are no effects of sex or of age in the observed age range (18 to 82 years).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)731-734
Number of pages4
JournalArchives of General Psychiatry
Volume34
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 1977
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
  • Psychiatry and Mental health

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