Acute administration of the irreversible MAO-A inhibitor, clorgyline (2.0 mg/kg, s.c.) and the reversible MAO-A inhibitor, moclobemide (10 mg/kg, s.c.), increased rat pineal melatonin and related indoles content (HPLC- fluorimetric method). Chronic (21 days) administration of clorgyline attenuated the acute effect of clorgyline on pineal melatonin biosynthesis. The acute effect of moclobemide on melatonin biosynthesis was not affected by chronic moclobemide administration. The observed difference in the chronic effects of irreversible and reversible selective MAO-A inhibitors on melatonin biosynthesis could have clinical implications.
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Oxenkrug, G. F., Requintina, P. J., McIntyre, I. M., & White, K. (1994). Chronic effect of the irreversible and reversible selective MAO-A inhibitors on rat pineal melatonin biosynthesis. In Journal of Neural Transmission, Supplement (pp. 381–384). Springer-Verlag Wien. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9324-2_51
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