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catechol-o-methyl transferase
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catechol-o-methyl transferase (COMT),
n an enzyme that deactivates epinephrine and norepinephrine.
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DA is converted to DOPAC intraneuronally after re-uptake, whereas extraneuronal DA is converted to HVA by the enzymes catechol-O-methyltransferase and monoamine oxidase.
Sustained exposure to the widely used herbicide atrazine: altered ... by Cory-Slechta, Deborah A. / Environmental Health Perspectives
This genetic alteration reduces the production of the enzyme catechol-O-methyltransferase, or COMT, which helps terminate the action of the neurotransmitters dopamine and norepinephrine, reports a research team headed by psychiatric geneticist Maria Karayiorgou of Rockefeller University in New York.
Gene may further obsessions, compulsions by Bower, Bruce / Science News
Correlation of erythrocyte catechol-O-methyltransferase activity between siblings.
Family correlations of arsenic methylation patterns in children and ... by Smith, Allan H. / Environmental Health Perspectives
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