Posted by Sad Panda on April 13, 2004, at 9:51:15
In reply to Re: Smoking does inhibit MAOA too- study, posted by SLS on April 13, 2004, at 9:02:02
> > > My guess is that any MAO inhibition produced by smoking is negligable. I think the important property of nicotine to focus in on is its ability to increase the release of dopamine in the limbic system.
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> > > "Smokers had significantly lower brain MAO A than nonsmokers in all brain regions examined (average reduction, 28%)"
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> > Surely 28% is more than negligable?
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> 28% is certainly not negligible. I question the validity of the results and their interpretation, and I would want to see corroborative evidence offered by someone other that Fowler before embracing this notion as fact. I'll try to research the matter further if I have time today. For as long as I can remember, I have seen just about every drug declared to be an inhibitor of MAO at one point or another, including the tricyclics.
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> - Scott
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>The experiment looks more scientific than the typical double blind study sponsored by the pill maker. If it was sponsored by Malboro I'd be more skeptical & I'm pretty sure my depression increased with giving up smoking.
Cheers,
Panda.
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