Brain monoamine oxidase A in seasonal affective disorder and treatment with bright light therapy
Spies M, James GM, Vraka C, Philippe C, Hienert M, Gryglewski G, Komorowski A, Kautzky A, Silberbauer L, Pichler V, Kranz GS, Nics L, Balber T, Baldinger-Melich P, Vanicek T, Spurny B, Winkler-Pjrek E, Wadsak W, Mitterhauser M, Hacker M, Kasper S, Lanzenberger R, Winkler D. Brain monoamine oxidase A in seasonal affective disorder and treatment with bright light therapy. Translational Psychiatry 2018, 8: 198. PMID: 30242221, PMCID: PMC6155094, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-018-0227-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBright light therapyMAO-A levelsBrain MAO-A levelsSeasonal affective disorderPositron emission tomographyMAO-A VTNon-seasonal depressionHealthy controlsLight therapyAffective disordersTreatment of SADMajor depressive disorderBrain monoamine oxidaseCerebral MAODepressive disorderSerotonergic systemPET scansHC groupMilder symptomsPatientsDistribution volumeEmission tomographyMonoamine oxidaseDisordersSignificant reduction