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ReviewJournal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996)2019

Inhibitors of MAO-B and COMT: their effects on brain dopamine levels and uses in Parkinson's disease.

John P M Finberg

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Review in Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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48citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 91 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

John P M FinbergNeuroscience Group, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel. finberg@technion.ac.il.ORCID 0000-0003-3333-7606
Rappaport Family Institute for Research in the Medical Sciences · IL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

MAO-B and COMT are both enzymes involved in dopamine breakdown and metabolism. Inhibitors of these enzymes are used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. This review article describes the scientific background to the localization and function of the enzymes, the physiological changes resulting from their inhibition, and the basic and clinical pharmacology of the various inhibitors and their role in treatment of Parkinson's disease.

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AnimalsBrainCatechol O-MethyltransferaseDopamineHumansMonoamine OxidaseMonoamine Oxidase InhibitorsParkinson DiseaseCatechol O-MethyltransferaseCOMT protein, humanDopamineMonoamine OxidaseMonoamine Oxidase InhibitorsCOMTDopamine synthesisDyskinesiaL-DOPAMAO-B

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PMID30386930
OpenAlexW2898985510

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