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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Monoamine oxidase (MAO), an integral mitochondrial [[Flavoprotein|flavoprotein]], can be found anchored to the outer membrane of [[Mitochondria|mitochondria]] in [[Neuron|neurones]], glia and other cells through a transmembrane helix located within the carboxyl-terminal domain (Siegel &amp;#039;&amp;#039;et al.&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Siegel et al., 2015&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. and Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. It plays an important role in metabolising and thus inactivating monoamine [[Neurotransmitter|neurotransmitters]] including [[Serotonin|serotonin]] (5-HT) as well as [[Catecholamines|catecholamines]] such as [[Noradrenaline|noradrenaline]] (NA) and [[Dopamine|dopamine]] (DA). Two [[Isoenzyme|isoenzymes]] of MAO – MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; – have been identified in human, both having different [[Substrate|substrate]] preference, [[Enzyme Inhibitors|inhibitor]] sensitivity and distribution in tissue and [[Brain|brain]] (Tong &amp;#039;&amp;#039;et al.&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Tong et al., 2015&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Tong, J., Meyer, J.H., Furukawa, Y., Boileau, I., Chang, L. J., Wilson, A. A., Houle, S. and Kish, S. J. (2013) Distribution of monoamine oxidase proteins in human brain: implications for brain imaging studies. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism. [Online] 33(6). p. 863-871. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3677103/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Monoamine oxidase (MAO), an integral mitochondrial [[Flavoprotein|flavoprotein]], can be found anchored to the outer membrane of [[Mitochondria|mitochondria]] in [[Neuron|neurones]], glia and other cells through a transmembrane helix located within the carboxyl-terminal domain (Siegel &amp;#039;&amp;#039;et al.&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Siegel et al., 2015&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. and Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. It plays an important role in metabolising and thus inactivating monoamine [[Neurotransmitter|neurotransmitters]] including [[Serotonin|serotonin]] (5-HT) as well as [[Catecholamines|catecholamines]] such as [[Noradrenaline|noradrenaline]] (NA) and [[Dopamine|dopamine]] (DA). Two [[Isoenzyme|isoenzymes]] of MAO – MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; – have been identified in human, both having different [[Substrate|substrate]] preference, [[Enzyme Inhibitors|inhibitor]] sensitivity and distribution in tissue and [[Brain|brain]] (Tong &amp;#039;&amp;#039;et al.&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Tong et al., 2015&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Tong, J., Meyer, J.H., Furukawa, Y., Boileau, I., Chang, L. J., Wilson, A. A., Houle, S. and Kish, S. J. (2013) Distribution of monoamine oxidase proteins in human brain: implications for brain imaging studies. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism. [Online] 33(6). p. 863-871. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3677103/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:MAO.png|center|Two isoforms of monoamine oxidase (MAO) in human - MAO-A and MAO-B]]&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:MAO.png|center|Two isoforms of monoamine oxidase (MAO) in human - MAO-A and MAO-B]]  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;5-HT is preferably metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; whereas [[Catecholamines|catecholamines]] are metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;. However, 5-HT and [[Catecholamines|catecholamines]] that are stored in [[Vesicles|vesicles]] are be protected from action of MAO. Analyses and assays have also showed that more MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; than MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are observed in human [[Brain|brain]] (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999; Siegel &amp;#039;&amp;#039;et al.&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Shih, Chen &amp;amp; Ridd, 1999&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. and Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Siegel et al., 2015&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. and Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;5-HT is preferably metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; whereas [[Catecholamines|catecholamines]] are metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;. However, 5-HT and [[Catecholamines|catecholamines]] that are stored in [[Vesicles|vesicles]] are be protected from action of MAO. Analyses and assays have also showed that more MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; than MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are observed in human [[Brain|brain]] (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999; Siegel &amp;#039;&amp;#039;et al.&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Shih, Chen &amp;amp; Ridd, 1999&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. and Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Siegel et al., 2015&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. and Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are encoded by two independent [[Genes|genes]] that are located on the [[X chromosome|X-chromosome]] and they have 70% [[Homology|homology]] (Wu &#039;&#039;et al.&#039;&#039;, 2009)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Wu et al., 2009&quot;&amp;gt;Wu, J. B., Chen, K., Li, Y., Lau, Y. F. C. and Shih, J. C. (2009) Regulation of monoamine oxidase A by the SRY gene on the Y chromosome. The FASEB Journal. [Online] 23(11). p. 4029-4038. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2775015/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. Thus, MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are not the same protein that are modified differently but made up of two different [[Polypeptides|polypeptides]] (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shih, Chen &amp;amp; Ridd, 1999&quot;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. and Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are encoded by two independent [[Genes|genes]] that are located on the [[X chromosome|X-chromosome]] and they have 70% [[Homology|homology]] (Wu &#039;&#039;et al.&#039;&#039;, 2009)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Wu et al., 2009&quot;&amp;gt;Wu, J. B., Chen, K., Li, Y., Lau, Y. F. C. and Shih, J. C. (2009) Regulation of monoamine oxidase A by the SRY gene on the Y chromosome. The FASEB Journal. [Online] 23(11). p. 4029-4038. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2775015/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. Thus, MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are not the same protein that are modified differently but made up of two different [[Polypeptides|polypeptides]] (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shih, Chen &amp;amp; Ridd, 1999&quot;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. and Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;=== References  ===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;=== References  ===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Monoamine oxidase (MAO), an integral mitochondrial [[Flavoprotein|flavoprotein]], can be found anchored to the outer membrane of [[Mitochondria|mitochondria]] in [[Neuron|neurones]], glia and other cells through a transmembrane helix located within the carboxyl-terminal domain (Siegel &#039;&#039;et al.&#039;&#039;, 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Siegel et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; &lt;/del&gt;Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. It plays an important role in metabolising and thus inactivating monoamine [[Neurotransmitter|neurotransmitters]] including [[Serotonin|serotonin]] (5-HT) as well as [[Catecholamines|catecholamines]] such as [[Noradrenaline|noradrenaline]] (NA) and [[Dopamine|dopamine]] (DA). Two [[Isoenzyme|isoenzymes]] of MAO – MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; – have been identified in human, both having different [[Substrate|substrate]] preference, [[Enzyme Inhibitors|inhibitor]] sensitivity and distribution in tissue and [[Brain|brain]] (Tong &#039;&#039;et al.&#039;&#039;, 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Tong et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Tong, J., Meyer, J.H., Furukawa, Y., Boileau, I., Chang, L. J., Wilson, A. A., Houle, S. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; &lt;/del&gt;Kish, S. J. (2013) Distribution of monoamine oxidase proteins in human brain: implications for brain imaging studies. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; &lt;/del&gt;Metabolism. [Online] 33(6). p. 863-871. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3677103/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Monoamine oxidase (MAO), an integral mitochondrial [[Flavoprotein|flavoprotein]], can be found anchored to the outer membrane of [[Mitochondria|mitochondria]] in [[Neuron|neurones]], glia and other cells through a transmembrane helix located within the carboxyl-terminal domain (Siegel &#039;&#039;et al.&#039;&#039;, 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Siegel et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;and &lt;/ins&gt;Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. It plays an important role in metabolising and thus inactivating monoamine [[Neurotransmitter|neurotransmitters]] including [[Serotonin|serotonin]] (5-HT) as well as [[Catecholamines|catecholamines]] such as [[Noradrenaline|noradrenaline]] (NA) and [[Dopamine|dopamine]] (DA). Two [[Isoenzyme|isoenzymes]] of MAO – MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; – have been identified in human, both having different [[Substrate|substrate]] preference, [[Enzyme Inhibitors|inhibitor]] sensitivity and distribution in tissue and [[Brain|brain]] (Tong &#039;&#039;et al.&#039;&#039;, 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Tong et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Tong, J., Meyer, J.H., Furukawa, Y., Boileau, I., Chang, L. J., Wilson, A. A., Houle, S. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;and &lt;/ins&gt;Kish, S. J. (2013) Distribution of monoamine oxidase proteins in human brain: implications for brain imaging studies. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;and &lt;/ins&gt;Metabolism. [Online] 33(6). p. 863-871. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3677103/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:MAO.png|center|Two isoforms of monoamine oxidase (MAO) in human - MAO-A and MAO-B]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:MAO.png|center|Two isoforms of monoamine oxidase (MAO) in human - MAO-A and MAO-B]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;5-HT is preferably metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; whereas [[Catecholamines|catecholamines]] are metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;. However, 5-HT and [[Catecholamines|catecholamines]] that are stored in [[Vesicles|vesicles]] are be protected from action of MAO. Analyses and assays have also showed that more MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; than MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are observed in human [[Brain|brain]] (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999; Siegel &#039;&#039;et al.&#039;&#039;, 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shih, Chen &amp;amp; Ridd, 1999&quot;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; &lt;/del&gt;Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Siegel et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; &lt;/del&gt;Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;5-HT is preferably metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; whereas [[Catecholamines|catecholamines]] are metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;. However, 5-HT and [[Catecholamines|catecholamines]] that are stored in [[Vesicles|vesicles]] are be protected from action of MAO. Analyses and assays have also showed that more MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; than MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are observed in human [[Brain|brain]] (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999; Siegel &#039;&#039;et al.&#039;&#039;, 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shih, Chen &amp;amp; Ridd, 1999&quot;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;and &lt;/ins&gt;Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Siegel et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;and &lt;/ins&gt;Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are encoded by two independent [[Genes|genes]] that are located on the [[X chromosome|X-chromosome]] and they have 70% [[Homology|homology]] (Wu &#039;&#039;et al.&#039;&#039;, 2009)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Wu et al., 2009&quot;&amp;gt;Wu, J. B., Chen, K., Li, Y., Lau, Y. F. C. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; &lt;/del&gt;Shih, J. C. (2009) Regulation of monoamine oxidase A by the SRY gene on the Y chromosome. The FASEB Journal. [Online] 23(11). p. 4029-4038. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2775015/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. Thus, MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are not the same protein that are modified differently but made up of two different [[Polypeptides|polypeptides]] (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shih, Chen &amp;amp; Ridd, 1999&quot;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; &lt;/del&gt;Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are encoded by two independent [[Genes|genes]] that are located on the [[X chromosome|X-chromosome]] and they have 70% [[Homology|homology]] (Wu &#039;&#039;et al.&#039;&#039;, 2009)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Wu et al., 2009&quot;&amp;gt;Wu, J. B., Chen, K., Li, Y., Lau, Y. F. C. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;and &lt;/ins&gt;Shih, J. C. (2009) Regulation of monoamine oxidase A by the SRY gene on the Y chromosome. The FASEB Journal. [Online] 23(11). p. 4029-4038. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2775015/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. Thus, MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are not the same protein that are modified differently but made up of two different [[Polypeptides|polypeptides]] (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shih, Chen &amp;amp; Ridd, 1999&quot;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;and &lt;/ins&gt;Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Monoamine oxidase (MAO), an integral mitochondrial [[Flavoprotein|flavoprotein]], can be found anchored to the outer membrane of [[Mitochondria|mitochondria]] in [[Neuron|neurones]], glia and other cells through a transmembrane helix located within the carboxyl-terminal domain (Siegel &#039;&#039;et al.&#039;&#039;, 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Siegel et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. It plays an important role in metabolising and thus inactivating monoamine [[Neurotransmitter|neurotransmitters]] including [[Serotonin|serotonin]] (5-HT) as well as [[Catecholamines|catecholamines]] such as [[Noradrenaline|noradrenaline]] (NA) and [[Dopamine|dopamine]] (DA). Two [[Isoenzyme|isoenzymes]] of MAO – MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; – have been identified in human, both having different [[Substrate|substrate]] preference, [[Enzyme Inhibitors|inhibitor]] sensitivity and distribution in tissue and [[Brain|brain]] (Tong &#039;&#039;et al.&#039;&#039;, 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Tong et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Tong, J., Meyer, J.H., Furukawa, Y., Boileau, I., Chang, L. J., Wilson, A. A., Houle, S. &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Kish, S. J. (2013) Distribution of monoamine oxidase proteins in human brain: implications for brain imaging studies. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Metabolism. [Online] 33(6). p. 863-871. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3677103/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Monoamine oxidase (MAO), an integral mitochondrial [[Flavoprotein|flavoprotein]], can be found anchored to the outer membrane of [[Mitochondria|mitochondria]] in [[Neuron|neurones]], glia and other cells through a transmembrane helix located within the carboxyl-terminal domain (Siegel &#039;&#039;et al.&#039;&#039;, 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Siegel et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. It plays an important role in metabolising and thus inactivating monoamine [[Neurotransmitter|neurotransmitters]] including [[Serotonin|serotonin]] (5-HT) as well as [[Catecholamines|catecholamines]] such as [[Noradrenaline|noradrenaline]] (NA) and [[Dopamine|dopamine]] (DA). Two [[Isoenzyme|isoenzymes]] of MAO – MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; – have been identified in human, both having different [[Substrate|substrate]] preference, [[Enzyme Inhibitors|inhibitor]] sensitivity and distribution in tissue and [[Brain|brain]] (Tong &#039;&#039;et al.&#039;&#039;, 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Tong et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Tong, J., Meyer, J.H., Furukawa, Y., Boileau, I., Chang, L. J., Wilson, A. A., Houle, S. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp;amp;amp;amp; Kish, S. J. (2013) Distribution of monoamine oxidase proteins in human brain: implications for brain imaging studies. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp;amp;amp;amp; Metabolism. [Online] 33(6). p. 863-871. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3677103/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:MAO.png|center|Two isoforms of monoamine oxidase (MAO) in human - MAO-A and MAO-B]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:MAO.png|center|Two isoforms of monoamine oxidase (MAO) in human - MAO-A and MAO-B]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;5-HT is preferably metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; whereas [[Catecholamines|catecholamines]] are metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;. However, 5-HT and [[Catecholamines|catecholamines]] that are stored in [[Vesicles|vesicles]] are be protected from action of MAO. Analyses and assays have also showed that more MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; than MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are observed in human [[Brain|brain]] (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999; Siegel &#039;&#039;et al.&#039;&#039;, 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shih, Chen &amp;amp; Ridd, 1999&quot;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Siegel et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;5-HT is preferably metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; whereas [[Catecholamines|catecholamines]] are metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;. However, 5-HT and [[Catecholamines|catecholamines]] that are stored in [[Vesicles|vesicles]] are be protected from action of MAO. Analyses and assays have also showed that more MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; than MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are observed in human [[Brain|brain]] (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999; Siegel &#039;&#039;et al.&#039;&#039;, 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shih, Chen &amp;amp; Ridd, 1999&quot;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Siegel et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are encoded by two independent [[Genes|genes]] that are located on the [[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;X_chromosome&lt;/del&gt;|X-chromosome]] and they have 70% homology (Wu &#039;&#039;et al.&#039;&#039;, 2009)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Wu et al., 2009&quot;&amp;gt;Wu, J. B., Chen, K., Li, Y., Lau, Y. F. C. &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Shih, J. C. (2009) Regulation of monoamine oxidase A by the SRY gene on the Y chromosome. The FASEB Journal. [Online] 23(11). p. 4029-4038. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2775015/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. Thus, MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are not the same protein that are modified differently but made up of two different polypeptides (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shih, Chen &amp;amp; Ridd, 1999&quot;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are encoded by two independent [[Genes|genes]] that are located on the [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;X chromosome&lt;/ins&gt;|X-chromosome]] and they have 70% &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Homology|&lt;/ins&gt;homology&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;(Wu &#039;&#039;et al.&#039;&#039;, 2009)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Wu et al., 2009&quot;&amp;gt;Wu, J. B., Chen, K., Li, Y., Lau, Y. F. C. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp;amp;amp;amp; Shih, J. C. (2009) Regulation of monoamine oxidase A by the SRY gene on the Y chromosome. The FASEB Journal. [Online] 23(11). p. 4029-4038. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2775015/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. Thus, MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are not the same protein that are modified differently but made up of two different &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Polypeptides|&lt;/ins&gt;polypeptides&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;(Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shih, Chen &amp;amp; Ridd, 1999&quot;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Monoamine oxidase (MAO), an integral mitochondrial [[Flavoprotein|flavoprotein]], can be found anchored to the outer membrane of [[Mitochondria|mitochondria]] in [[Neuron|neurones]], glia and other cells through a transmembrane helix located within the carboxyl-terminal domain (Siegel et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Siegel et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. It plays an important role in metabolising and thus inactivating monoamine [[Neurotransmitter|neurotransmitters]] including [[Serotonin|serotonin]] (5-HT) as well as [[Catecholamines|catecholamines]] such as [[Noradrenaline|noradrenaline]] (NA) and [[Dopamine|dopamine]] (DA). Two [[Isoenzyme|isoenzymes]] of MAO – MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; – have been identified in human, both having different [[Substrate|substrate]] preference, [[Enzyme Inhibitors|inhibitor]] sensitivity and distribution in tissue and [[Brain|brain]] (Tong et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Tong et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Tong, J., Meyer, J.H., Furukawa, Y., Boileau, I., Chang, L. J., Wilson, A. A., Houle, S. &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Kish, S. J. (2013) Distribution of monoamine oxidase proteins in human brain: implications for brain imaging studies. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Metabolism. [Online] 33(6). p. 863-871. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3677103/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Monoamine oxidase (MAO), an integral mitochondrial [[Flavoprotein|flavoprotein]], can be found anchored to the outer membrane of [[Mitochondria|mitochondria]] in [[Neuron|neurones]], glia and other cells through a transmembrane helix located within the carboxyl-terminal domain (Siegel &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;&lt;/ins&gt;et al.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;&lt;/ins&gt;, 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Siegel et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. It plays an important role in metabolising and thus inactivating monoamine [[Neurotransmitter|neurotransmitters]] including [[Serotonin|serotonin]] (5-HT) as well as [[Catecholamines|catecholamines]] such as [[Noradrenaline|noradrenaline]] (NA) and [[Dopamine|dopamine]] (DA). Two [[Isoenzyme|isoenzymes]] of MAO – MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; – have been identified in human, both having different [[Substrate|substrate]] preference, [[Enzyme Inhibitors|inhibitor]] sensitivity and distribution in tissue and [[Brain|brain]] (Tong &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;&lt;/ins&gt;et al.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;&lt;/ins&gt;, 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Tong et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Tong, J., Meyer, J.H., Furukawa, Y., Boileau, I., Chang, L. J., Wilson, A. A., Houle, S. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp;amp;amp; Kish, S. J. (2013) Distribution of monoamine oxidase proteins in human brain: implications for brain imaging studies. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp;amp;amp; Metabolism. [Online] 33(6). p. 863-871. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3677103/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:MAO.png|center|Two isoforms of monoamine oxidase (MAO) in human - MAO-A and MAO-B]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:MAO.png|center|Two isoforms of monoamine oxidase (MAO) in human - MAO-A and MAO-B]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;5-HT is preferably metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; whereas [[Catecholamines|catecholamines]] are metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;. However, 5-HT and [[Catecholamines|catecholamines]] that are stored in vesicles are be protected from action of MAO. Analyses and assays have also showed that more MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; than MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are observed in human brain (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999; Siegel et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shih, Chen &amp;amp; Ridd, 1999&quot;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Siegel et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;5-HT is preferably metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; whereas [[Catecholamines|catecholamines]] are metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;. However, 5-HT and [[Catecholamines|catecholamines]] that are stored in &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Vesicles|&lt;/ins&gt;vesicles&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;are be protected from action of MAO. Analyses and assays have also showed that more MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; than MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are observed in human &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Brain|&lt;/ins&gt;brain&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;(Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999; Siegel &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;&lt;/ins&gt;et al.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;&lt;/ins&gt;, 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shih, Chen &amp;amp; Ridd, 1999&quot;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp;amp;amp;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Siegel et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are encoded by two independent genes that are located on the X-chromosome and they have 70% homology (Wu et al., 2009)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Wu et al., 2009&quot;&amp;gt;Wu, J. B., Chen, K., Li, Y., Lau, Y. F. C. &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Shih, J. C. (2009) Regulation of monoamine oxidase A by the SRY gene on the Y chromosome. The FASEB Journal. [Online] 23(11). p. 4029-4038. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2775015/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. Thus, MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are not the same protein that are modified differently but made up of two different polypeptides (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shih, Chen &amp;amp; Ridd, 1999&quot;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are encoded by two independent &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Genes|&lt;/ins&gt;genes&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;that are located on the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[X_chromosome|&lt;/ins&gt;X-chromosome&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;and they have 70% homology (Wu &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;&lt;/ins&gt;et al.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;&lt;/ins&gt;, 2009)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Wu et al., 2009&quot;&amp;gt;Wu, J. B., Chen, K., Li, Y., Lau, Y. F. C. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp;amp;amp; Shih, J. C. (2009) Regulation of monoamine oxidase A by the SRY gene on the Y chromosome. The FASEB Journal. [Online] 23(11). p. 4029-4038. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2775015/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. Thus, MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are not the same protein that are modified differently but made up of two different polypeptides (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shih, Chen &amp;amp; Ridd, 1999&quot;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp;amp;amp;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Monoamine oxidase (MAO), an integral mitochondrial [[Flavoprotein|flavoprotein]], can be found anchored to the outer membrane of [[Mitochondria|mitochondria]] in [[Neuron|neurones]], glia and other cells through a transmembrane helix located within the carboxyl-terminal domain (Siegel et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Siegel et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. It plays an important role in metabolising and thus inactivating monoamine neurotransmitters including [[Serotonin|serotonin]] (5-HT) as well as [[Catecholamines|catecholamines]] such as [[Noradrenaline|noradrenaline]] (NA) and [[Dopamine|dopamine]] (DA). Two [[Isoenzyme|isoenzymes]] of MAO – MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; – have been identified in human, both having different [[Substrate|substrate]] preference, [[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Enzyme_Inhibitors&lt;/del&gt;|inhibitor]] sensitivity and distribution in tissue and [[Brain|brain]] (Tong et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Tong et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Tong, J., Meyer, J.H., Furukawa, Y., Boileau, I., Chang, L. J., Wilson, A. A., Houle, S. &amp;amp;amp;amp; Kish, S. J. (2013) Distribution of monoamine oxidase proteins in human brain: implications for brain imaging studies. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow &amp;amp;amp;amp; Metabolism. [Online] 33(6). p. 863-871. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3677103/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Monoamine oxidase (MAO), an integral mitochondrial [[Flavoprotein|flavoprotein]], can be found anchored to the outer membrane of [[Mitochondria|mitochondria]] in [[Neuron|neurones]], glia and other cells through a transmembrane helix located within the carboxyl-terminal domain (Siegel et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Siegel et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp;amp;amp;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. It plays an important role in metabolising and thus inactivating monoamine &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Neurotransmitter|&lt;/ins&gt;neurotransmitters&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;including [[Serotonin|serotonin]] (5-HT) as well as [[Catecholamines|catecholamines]] such as [[Noradrenaline|noradrenaline]] (NA) and [[Dopamine|dopamine]] (DA). Two [[Isoenzyme|isoenzymes]] of MAO – MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; – have been identified in human, both having different [[Substrate|substrate]] preference, [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Enzyme Inhibitors&lt;/ins&gt;|inhibitor]] sensitivity and distribution in tissue and [[Brain|brain]] (Tong et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Tong et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Tong, J., Meyer, J.H., Furukawa, Y., Boileau, I., Chang, L. J., Wilson, A. A., Houle, S. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp;amp; Kish, S. J. (2013) Distribution of monoamine oxidase proteins in human brain: implications for brain imaging studies. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp;amp; Metabolism. [Online] 33(6). p. 863-871. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3677103/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:MAO.png|center|Two isoforms of monoamine oxidase (MAO) in human - MAO-A and MAO-B]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:MAO.png|center|Two isoforms of monoamine oxidase (MAO) in human - MAO-A and MAO-B]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;5-HT is preferably metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; whereas catecholamines are metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;. However, 5-HT and catecholamines that are stored in vesicles are be protected from action of MAO. Analyses and assays have also showed that more MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; than MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are observed in human brain (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999; Siegel et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shih, Chen &amp;amp; Ridd, 1999&quot;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Siegel et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;5-HT is preferably metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; whereas &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Catecholamines|&lt;/ins&gt;catecholamines&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;are metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;. However, 5-HT and &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Catecholamines|&lt;/ins&gt;catecholamines&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;that are stored in vesicles are be protected from action of MAO. Analyses and assays have also showed that more MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; than MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are observed in human brain (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999; Siegel et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shih, Chen &amp;amp; Ridd, 1999&quot;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp;amp;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Siegel et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp;amp;amp;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are encoded by two independent genes that are located on the X-chromosome and they have 70% homology (Wu et al., 2009)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Wu et al., 2009&quot;&amp;gt;Wu, J. B., Chen, K., Li, Y., Lau, Y. F. C. &amp;amp;amp;amp; Shih, J. C. (2009) Regulation of monoamine oxidase A by the SRY gene on the Y chromosome. The FASEB Journal. [Online] 23(11). p. 4029-4038. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2775015/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. Thus, MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are not the same protein that are modified differently but made up of two different polypeptides (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shih, Chen &amp;amp; Ridd, 1999&quot;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are encoded by two independent genes that are located on the X-chromosome and they have 70% homology (Wu et al., 2009)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Wu et al., 2009&quot;&amp;gt;Wu, J. B., Chen, K., Li, Y., Lau, Y. F. C. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp;amp; Shih, J. C. (2009) Regulation of monoamine oxidase A by the SRY gene on the Y chromosome. The FASEB Journal. [Online] 23(11). p. 4029-4038. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2775015/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. Thus, MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are not the same protein that are modified differently but made up of two different polypeptides (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shih, Chen &amp;amp; Ridd, 1999&quot;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp;amp;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Monoamine oxidase (MAO), an integral mitochondrial [[Flavoprotein|flavoprotein]], can be found anchored to the outer membrane of [[Mitochondria|mitochondria]] in &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;neurons&lt;/del&gt;, glia and other cells through a transmembrane helix located within the carboxyl-terminal domain (Siegel et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Siegel et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. It plays an important role in metabolising and thus inactivating monoamine neurotransmitters including serotonin (5-HT) as well as catecholamines such as noradrenaline (NA) and dopamine (DA). Two isoenzymes of MAO – MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; – have been identified in human, both having different substrate preference, inhibitor sensitivity and distribution in tissue and brain (Tong et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Tong et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Tong, J., Meyer, J.H., Furukawa, Y., Boileau, I., Chang, L. J., Wilson, A. A., Houle, S. &amp;amp;amp; Kish, S. J. (2013) Distribution of monoamine oxidase proteins in human brain: implications for brain imaging studies. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow &amp;amp;amp; Metabolism. [Online] 33(6). p. 863-871. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3677103/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Monoamine oxidase (MAO), an integral mitochondrial [[Flavoprotein|flavoprotein]], can be found anchored to the outer membrane of [[Mitochondria|mitochondria]] in &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Neuron|neurones]]&lt;/ins&gt;, glia and other cells through a transmembrane helix located within the carboxyl-terminal domain (Siegel et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Siegel et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp;amp;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. It plays an important role in metabolising and thus inactivating monoamine neurotransmitters including &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Serotonin|&lt;/ins&gt;serotonin&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;(5-HT) as well as &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Catecholamines|&lt;/ins&gt;catecholamines&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;such as &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Noradrenaline|&lt;/ins&gt;noradrenaline&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;(NA) and &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Dopamine|&lt;/ins&gt;dopamine&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;(DA). Two &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Isoenzyme|&lt;/ins&gt;isoenzymes&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;of MAO – MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; – have been identified in human, both having different &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Substrate|&lt;/ins&gt;substrate&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;preference, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Enzyme_Inhibitors|&lt;/ins&gt;inhibitor&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;sensitivity and distribution in tissue and &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Brain|&lt;/ins&gt;brain&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;(Tong et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Tong et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Tong, J., Meyer, J.H., Furukawa, Y., Boileau, I., Chang, L. J., Wilson, A. A., Houle, S. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp; Kish, S. J. (2013) Distribution of monoamine oxidase proteins in human brain: implications for brain imaging studies. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp; Metabolism. [Online] 33(6). p. 863-871. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3677103/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:MAO.png|center|Two isoforms of monoamine oxidase (MAO) in human - MAO-A and MAO-B]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:MAO.png|center|Two isoforms of monoamine oxidase (MAO) in human - MAO-A and MAO-B]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;5-HT is preferably metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; whereas catecholamines are metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;. However, 5-HT and catecholamines that are stored in vesicles are be protected from action of MAO. Analyses and assays have also showed that more MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; than MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are observed in human brain (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999; Siegel et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shih, Chen &amp;amp; Ridd, 1999&quot;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;amp;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Siegel et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;5-HT is preferably metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; whereas catecholamines are metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;. However, 5-HT and catecholamines that are stored in vesicles are be protected from action of MAO. Analyses and assays have also showed that more MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; than MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are observed in human brain (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999; Siegel et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shih, Chen &amp;amp; Ridd, 1999&quot;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Siegel et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp;amp;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are encoded by two independent genes that are located on the X-chromosome and they have 70% homology (Wu et al., 2009)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Wu et al., 2009&quot;&amp;gt;Wu, J. B., Chen, K., Li, Y., Lau, Y. F. C. &amp;amp;amp; Shih, J. C. (2009) Regulation of monoamine oxidase A by the SRY gene on the Y chromosome. The FASEB Journal. [Online] 23(11). p. 4029-4038. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2775015/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. Thus, MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are not the same protein that are modified differently but made up of two different polypeptides (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shih, Chen &amp;amp; Ridd, 1999&quot;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;amp;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are encoded by two independent genes that are located on the X-chromosome and they have 70% homology (Wu et al., 2009)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Wu et al., 2009&quot;&amp;gt;Wu, J. B., Chen, K., Li, Y., Lau, Y. F. C. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp; Shih, J. C. (2009) Regulation of monoamine oxidase A by the SRY gene on the Y chromosome. The FASEB Journal. [Online] 23(11). p. 4029-4038. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2775015/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. Thus, MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are not the same protein that are modified differently but made up of two different polypeptides (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shih, Chen &amp;amp; Ridd, 1999&quot;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Monoamine oxidase (MAO), an integral mitochondrial [[Flavoprotein|flavoprotein]], can be found anchored to the outer membrane of mitochondria in neurons, glia and other cells through a transmembrane helix located within the carboxyl-terminal domain (Siegel et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Siegel et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;amp;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. It plays an important role in metabolising and thus inactivating monoamine neurotransmitters including serotonin (5-HT) as well as catecholamines such as noradrenaline (NA) and dopamine (DA). Two isoenzymes of MAO – MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; – have been identified in human, both having different substrate preference, inhibitor sensitivity and distribution in tissue and brain (Tong et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Tong, J., Meyer, J.H., Furukawa, Y., Boileau, I., Chang, L. J., Wilson, A. A., Houle, S. &amp;amp;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;amp;&lt;/del&gt;amp; Kish, S. J. (2013) Distribution of monoamine oxidase proteins in human brain: implications for brain imaging studies. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow &amp;amp;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;amp;&lt;/del&gt;amp; Metabolism. [Online] 33(6). p. 863-871. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3677103/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Monoamine oxidase (MAO), an integral mitochondrial [[Flavoprotein|flavoprotein]], can be found anchored to the outer membrane of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Mitochondria|&lt;/ins&gt;mitochondria&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;in neurons, glia and other cells through a transmembrane helix located within the carboxyl-terminal domain (Siegel et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Siegel et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. It plays an important role in metabolising and thus inactivating monoamine neurotransmitters including serotonin (5-HT) as well as catecholamines such as noradrenaline (NA) and dopamine (DA). Two isoenzymes of MAO – MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; – have been identified in human, both having different substrate preference, inhibitor sensitivity and distribution in tissue and brain (Tong et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;name=&quot;Tong et al., 2015&quot;&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;Tong, J., Meyer, J.H., Furukawa, Y., Boileau, I., Chang, L. J., Wilson, A. A., Houle, S. &amp;amp;amp; Kish, S. J. (2013) Distribution of monoamine oxidase proteins in human brain: implications for brain imaging studies. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow &amp;amp;amp; Metabolism. [Online] 33(6). p. 863-871. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3677103/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:MAO.png|center|Two isoforms of monoamine oxidase (MAO) in human - MAO-A and MAO-B]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:MAO.png|center|Two isoforms of monoamine oxidase (MAO) in human - MAO-A and MAO-B]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;5-HT is preferably metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; whereas catecholamines are metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;. However, 5-HT and catecholamines that are stored in vesicles are be protected from action of MAO. Analyses and assays have also showed that more MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; than MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are observed in human brain (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999; Siegel et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shih, Chen &amp;amp; Ridd, 1999&quot;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Siegel et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;amp;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;5-HT is preferably metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; whereas catecholamines are metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;. However, 5-HT and catecholamines that are stored in vesicles are be protected from action of MAO. Analyses and assays have also showed that more MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; than MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are observed in human brain (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999; Siegel et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shih, Chen &amp;amp; Ridd, 1999&quot;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Siegel et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are encoded by two independent genes that are located on the X-chromosome and they have 70% homology (Wu et al., 2009)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Wu, J. B., Chen, K., Li, Y., Lau, Y. F. C. &amp;amp;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;amp;&lt;/del&gt;amp; Shih, J. C. (2009) Regulation of monoamine oxidase A by the SRY gene on the Y chromosome. The FASEB Journal. [Online] 23(11). p. 4029-4038. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2775015/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. Thus, MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are not the same protein that are modified differently but made up of two different polypeptides (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shih, Chen &amp;amp; Ridd, 1999&quot;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are encoded by two independent genes that are located on the X-chromosome and they have 70% homology (Wu et al., 2009)&amp;lt;ref &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;name=&quot;Wu et al., 2009&quot;&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;Wu, J. B., Chen, K., Li, Y., Lau, Y. F. C. &amp;amp;amp; Shih, J. C. (2009) Regulation of monoamine oxidase A by the SRY gene on the Y chromosome. The FASEB Journal. [Online] 23(11). p. 4029-4038. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2775015/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. Thus, MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are not the same protein that are modified differently but made up of two different polypeptides (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shih, Chen &amp;amp; Ridd, 1999&quot;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Monoamine oxidase (MAO), an integral mitochondrial flavoprotein, can be found anchored to the outer membrane of mitochondria in neurons, glia and other cells through a transmembrane helix located within the carboxyl-terminal domain (Siegel et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Siegel et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. It plays an important role in metabolising and thus inactivating monoamine neurotransmitters including serotonin (5-HT) as well as catecholamines such as noradrenaline (NA) and dopamine (DA). Two isoenzymes of MAO – MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; – have been identified in human, both having different substrate preference, inhibitor sensitivity and distribution in tissue and brain (Tong et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Tong, J., Meyer, J.H., Furukawa, Y., Boileau, I., Chang, L. J., Wilson, A. A., Houle, S. &amp;amp;amp;amp; Kish, S. J. (2013) Distribution of monoamine oxidase proteins in human brain: implications for brain imaging studies. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow &amp;amp;amp;amp; Metabolism. [Online] 33(6). p. 863-871. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3677103/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Monoamine oxidase (MAO), an integral mitochondrial &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Flavoprotein|&lt;/ins&gt;flavoprotein&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/ins&gt;, can be found anchored to the outer membrane of mitochondria in neurons, glia and other cells through a transmembrane helix located within the carboxyl-terminal domain (Siegel et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Siegel et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. It plays an important role in metabolising and thus inactivating monoamine neurotransmitters including serotonin (5-HT) as well as catecholamines such as noradrenaline (NA) and dopamine (DA). Two isoenzymes of MAO – MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; – have been identified in human, both having different substrate preference, inhibitor sensitivity and distribution in tissue and brain (Tong et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Tong, J., Meyer, J.H., Furukawa, Y., Boileau, I., Chang, L. J., Wilson, A. A., Houle, S. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp;amp; Kish, S. J. (2013) Distribution of monoamine oxidase proteins in human brain: implications for brain imaging studies. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp;amp; Metabolism. [Online] 33(6). p. 863-871. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3677103/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:MAO.png|center|Two isoforms of monoamine oxidase (MAO) in human - MAO-A and MAO-B]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:MAO.png|center|Two isoforms of monoamine oxidase (MAO) in human - MAO-A and MAO-B]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;5-HT is preferably metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; whereas catecholamines are metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;. However, 5-HT and catecholamines that are stored in vesicles are be protected from action of MAO. Analyses and assays have also showed that more MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; than MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are observed in human brain (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999; Siegel et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/del&gt;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Siegel et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;5-HT is preferably metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; whereas catecholamines are metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;. However, 5-HT and catecholamines that are stored in vesicles are be protected from action of MAO. Analyses and assays have also showed that more MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; than MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are observed in human brain (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999; Siegel et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;name=&quot;Shih, Chen &amp;amp; Ridd, 1999&quot;&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Siegel et al., 2015&quot;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are encoded by two independent genes that are located on the X-chromosome and they have 70% homology (Wu et al., 2009)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Wu, J. B., Chen, K., Li, Y., Lau, Y. F. C. &amp;amp;amp;amp; Shih, J. C. (2009) Regulation of monoamine oxidase A by the SRY gene on the Y chromosome. The FASEB Journal. [Online] 23(11). p. 4029-4038. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2775015/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. Thus, MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are not the same protein that are modified differently but made up of two different polypeptides (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/del&gt;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are encoded by two independent genes that are located on the X-chromosome and they have 70% homology (Wu et al., 2009)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Wu, J. B., Chen, K., Li, Y., Lau, Y. F. C. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp;amp; Shih, J. C. (2009) Regulation of monoamine oxidase A by the SRY gene on the Y chromosome. The FASEB Journal. [Online] 23(11). p. 4029-4038. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2775015/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. Thus, MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are not the same protein that are modified differently but made up of two different polypeptides (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999)&amp;lt;ref &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;name=&quot;Shih, Chen &amp;amp; Ridd, 1999&quot;&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Monoamine oxidase (MAO), an integral mitochondrial flavoprotein, can be found anchored to the outer membrane of mitochondria in neurons, glia and other cells through a transmembrane helix located within the carboxyl-terminal domain (Siegel et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/del&gt;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. It plays an important role in metabolising and thus inactivating monoamine neurotransmitters including serotonin (5-HT) as well as catecholamines such as noradrenaline (NA) and dopamine (DA). Two isoenzymes of MAO – MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; – have been identified in human, both having different substrate preference, inhibitor sensitivity and distribution in tissue and brain (Tong et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Tong, J., Meyer, J.H., Furukawa, Y., Boileau, I., Chang, L. J., Wilson, A. A., Houle, S. &amp;amp;amp; Kish, S. J. (2013) Distribution of monoamine oxidase proteins in human brain: implications for brain imaging studies. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow &amp;amp;amp; Metabolism. [Online] 33(6). p. 863-871. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3677103/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Monoamine oxidase (MAO), an integral mitochondrial flavoprotein, can be found anchored to the outer membrane of mitochondria in neurons, glia and other cells through a transmembrane helix located within the carboxyl-terminal domain (Siegel et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;name=&quot;Siegel et al., 2015&quot;&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. It plays an important role in metabolising and thus inactivating monoamine neurotransmitters including serotonin (5-HT) as well as catecholamines such as noradrenaline (NA) and dopamine (DA). Two isoenzymes of MAO – MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; – have been identified in human, both having different substrate preference, inhibitor sensitivity and distribution in tissue and brain (Tong et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Tong, J., Meyer, J.H., Furukawa, Y., Boileau, I., Chang, L. J., Wilson, A. A., Houle, S. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp; Kish, S. J. (2013) Distribution of monoamine oxidase proteins in human brain: implications for brain imaging studies. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp; Metabolism. [Online] 33(6). p. 863-871. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3677103/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:MAO.png|center|Two isoforms of monoamine oxidase (MAO) in human - MAO-A and MAO-B]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:MAO.png|center|Two isoforms of monoamine oxidase (MAO) in human - MAO-A and MAO-B]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;5-HT is preferably metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; whereas catecholamines are metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;. However, 5-HT and catecholamines that are stored in vesicles are be protected from action of MAO. Analyses and assays have also showed that more MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; than MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are observed in human brain (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999; Siegel et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;5-HT is preferably metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; whereas catecholamines are metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;. However, 5-HT and catecholamines that are stored in vesicles are be protected from action of MAO. Analyses and assays have also showed that more MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; than MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are observed in human brain (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999; Siegel et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;name=&quot;Siegel et al., 2015&quot;&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are encoded by two independent genes that are located on the X-chromosome and they have 70% homology (Wu et al., 2009)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Wu, J. B., Chen, K., Li, Y., Lau, Y. F. C. &amp;amp;amp; Shih, J. C. (2009) Regulation of monoamine oxidase A by the SRY gene on the Y chromosome. The FASEB Journal. [Online] 23(11). p. 4029-4038. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2775015/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. Thus, MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are not the same protein that are modified differently but made up of two different polypeptides (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are encoded by two independent genes that are located on the X-chromosome and they have 70% homology (Wu et al., 2009)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Wu, J. B., Chen, K., Li, Y., Lau, Y. F. C. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp; Shih, J. C. (2009) Regulation of monoamine oxidase A by the SRY gene on the Y chromosome. The FASEB Journal. [Online] 23(11). p. 4029-4038. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2775015/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. Thus, MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are not the same protein that are modified differently but made up of two different polypeptides (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Monoamine oxidase (MAO), an integral mitochondrial flavoprotein, can be found anchored to the outer membrane of mitochondria in neurons, glia and other cells through a transmembrane helix located within the carboxyl-terminal domain (Siegel et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;name=&quot;1&quot;&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. It plays an important role in metabolising and thus inactivating monoamine neurotransmitters including serotonin (5-HT) as well as catecholamines such as noradrenaline (NA) and dopamine (DA). Two isoenzymes of MAO – MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; – have been identified in human, both having different substrate preference, inhibitor sensitivity and distribution in tissue and brain (Tong et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;name=&quot;2&quot;&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;Tong, J., Meyer, J.H., Furukawa, Y., Boileau, I., Chang, L. J., Wilson, A. A., Houle, S. &amp;amp;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/del&gt;amp; Kish, S. J. (2013) Distribution of monoamine oxidase proteins in human brain: implications for brain imaging studies. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow &amp;amp;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/del&gt;amp; Metabolism. [Online] 33(6). p. 863-871. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3677103/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Monoamine oxidase (MAO), an integral mitochondrial flavoprotein, can be found anchored to the outer membrane of mitochondria in neurons, glia and other cells through a transmembrane helix located within the carboxyl-terminal domain (Siegel et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. It plays an important role in metabolising and thus inactivating monoamine neurotransmitters including serotonin (5-HT) as well as catecholamines such as noradrenaline (NA) and dopamine (DA). Two isoenzymes of MAO – MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; – have been identified in human, both having different substrate preference, inhibitor sensitivity and distribution in tissue and brain (Tong et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Tong, J., Meyer, J.H., Furukawa, Y., Boileau, I., Chang, L. J., Wilson, A. A., Houle, S. &amp;amp;amp; Kish, S. J. (2013) Distribution of monoamine oxidase proteins in human brain: implications for brain imaging studies. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow &amp;amp;amp; Metabolism. [Online] 33(6). p. 863-871. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3677103/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:MAO.png|center|Two isoforms of monoamine oxidase (MAO) in human - MAO-A and MAO-B]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:MAO.png|center|Two isoforms of monoamine oxidase (MAO) in human - MAO-A and MAO-B]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;5-HT is preferably metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; whereas catecholamines are metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;. However, 5-HT and catecholamines that are stored in vesicles are be protected from action of MAO. Analyses and assays have also showed that more MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; than MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are observed in human brain (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999; Siegel et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;name=&quot;3&quot;&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/del&gt;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;name=&quot;1&quot;&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/del&gt;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;5-HT is preferably metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; whereas catecholamines are metabolised by MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;. However, 5-HT and catecholamines that are stored in vesicles are be protected from action of MAO. Analyses and assays have also showed that more MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; than MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are observed in human brain (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999; Siegel et al., 2015)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Siegel, G. J., Agranoff, B. W., Albers, R. W., Fisher, S. K. &amp;amp;amp; Uhler, M. D. (1999) Basic Neurochemistry. [Online] Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20385/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are encoded by two independent genes that are located on the X-chromosome and they have 70% homology (Wu et al., 2009)&amp;lt;ref &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;name=&quot;4&quot;&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;Wu, J. B., Chen, K., Li, Y., Lau, Y. F. C. &amp;amp;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/del&gt;amp; Shih, J. C. (2009) Regulation of monoamine oxidase A by the SRY gene on the Y chromosome. The FASEB Journal. [Online] 23(11). p. 4029-4038. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2775015/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. Thus, MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are not the same protein that are modified differently but made up of two different polypeptides (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999)&amp;lt;ref &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;name=&quot;3&quot;&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;amp;&lt;/del&gt;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are encoded by two independent genes that are located on the X-chromosome and they have 70% homology (Wu et al., 2009)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Wu, J. B., Chen, K., Li, Y., Lau, Y. F. C. &amp;amp;amp; Shih, J. C. (2009) Regulation of monoamine oxidase A by the SRY gene on the Y chromosome. The FASEB Journal. [Online] 23(11). p. 4029-4038. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2775015/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. Thus, MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and MAO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;B&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; are not the same protein that are modified differently but made up of two different polypeptides (Shih, Chen &amp;amp;amp; Ridd, 1999)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Shih, J. C., Chen, K. &amp;amp;amp; Ridd. M. J. (1999) Monoamine Oxidase: From Genes to Behavior. Annu Rev Neurosci. [Online] 22. p. 197-217. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844879/ [Accessed 18/10/2015]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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