Posted by Ame Sans Vie on August 13, 2003, at 19:25:21
In reply to Re: Smoking...effect on dopamine » jlo820, posted by Ron Hill on August 13, 2003, at 17:32:43
I had completely forgotten that cigarette-smoking itself induces mild MAO-inhibition, thanks for posting that abstract. I assume that's probably why smokers have less risk of Parkinson's (decreased MAO-B activity, as with selegiline), and the MAO-inhibition as a whole possibly could also account for the small population of occasional smokers who smoke fine tobacco and cigars as a form of stress relief. I find this really interesting; I'm definitely going to read into this more.
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