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== Disease == | == Disease == | ||
Due to the important role MAO-A plays in maintaining a balance of various neurotransmitters in the digestive and central nervous system, as well as its production of ROS, an imbalance of MAO-A may result in any of several diseases. For example, postpartum depression is a moderate to severe form of depression that occurs as the result of an imbalance of MAO-A in the brain that some women experience after childbirth, often referred to as the baby blues [http://www.mpg.de].In research conducted by Julia Sacher of the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, it was concluded that the levels of MAO-A in women with postpartum depression are about 40% greater than those of average women | |||
== Relevance == | == Relevance == | ||
