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ReviewCellular and molecular neurobiology2022

Overview of the Neuroprotective Effects of the MAO-Inhibiting Antidepressant Phenelzine.

Dmitriy Matveychuk, Erin M MacKenzie, David Kumpula, Mee-Sook Song, Andrew Holt, Satyabrata Kar, Kathryn G Todd, Paul L Wood, Glen B Baker

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Review in Cellular and molecular neurobiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Dmitriy MatveychukDepartment of Psychiatry (Neurochemical Research Unit), University of Alberta, 12-105B Clinical Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G3, Canada.
Erin M MacKenzieDepartment of Psychiatry (Neurochemical Research Unit), University of Alberta, 12-105B Clinical Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G3, Canada.
David KumpulaDepartment of Psychiatry (Neurochemical Research Unit), University of Alberta, 12-105B Clinical Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G3, Canada.
Mee-Sook SongDepartment of Psychiatry (Neurochemical Research Unit), University of Alberta, 12-105B Clinical Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G3, Canada.
Andrew HoltDepartment of Psychiatry (Neurochemical Research Unit), University of Alberta, 12-105B Clinical Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G3, Canada.
Satyabrata KarDepartment of Psychiatry (Neurochemical Research Unit), University of Alberta, 12-105B Clinical Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G3, Canada.
Kathryn G ToddDepartment of Psychiatry (Neurochemical Research Unit), University of Alberta, 12-105B Clinical Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G3, Canada.
Paul L WoodCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, TN, USA.
Glen B BakerDepartment of Psychiatry (Neurochemical Research Unit), University of Alberta, 12-105B Clinical Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G3, Canada. glen.baker@ualberta.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1581-6486
University of Alberta · CALincoln Memorial University · US

Funding

CIHR MOP-86712
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phenelzine (PLZ) is a monoamine oxidase (MAO)-inhibiting antidepressant with anxiolytic properties. This multifaceted drug has a number of pharmacological and neurochemical effects in addition to inhibition of MAO, and findings on these effects have contributed to a body of evidence indicating that PLZ also has neuroprotective/neurorescue properties. These attributes are reviewed in this paper and include catabolism to the active metabolite β-phenylethylidenehydrazine (PEH) and effects of PLZ and PEH on the GABA-glutamate balance in brain, sequestration of reactive aldehydes, and inhibition of primary amine oxidase. Also discussed are the encouraging findings of the effects of PLZ in animal models of stroke, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, and multiple sclerosis, as well other actions such as reduction of nitrative stress, reduction of the effects of a toxin on dopaminergic neurons, potential anticonvulsant actions, and effects on brain-derived neurotrophic factor, neural cell adhesion molecules, an anti-apoptotic factor, and brain levels of ornithine and N-acetylamino acids.

Indexed as

Antidepressive AgentsMonoamine Oxidase InhibitorsNeuroprotective AgentsPhenelzineAnimalsMonoamine OxidaseRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyAntidepressive AgentsMonoamine OxidaseMonoamine Oxidase InhibitorsNeuroprotective AgentsPhenelzineMonoamine oxidaseNeuroprotectionPhenelzineReactive aldehydesβ-Phenylethylidenehydrazineγ-Aminobutyric acid

Identifiers

PMID33839994
PMCPMC8732914
OpenAlexW3154354859

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