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This study aimed to examine whether the increase in heart radioactivity levels after intravenous injection of 14C-tyramine to rats pretreated with the irreversible MAO inhibitor tranylcypromine could be antagonized by reboxetine, a potent and selective noradrenaline uptake blocker.
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Dostert, P., Castelli, M.G., Cicioni, P., Benedetti, M.S. (1994). Reboxetine prevents the tranylcypromine-induced increase in tyramine levels in rat heart. In: Tipton, K.F., Youdim, M.B.H., Barwell, C.J., Callingham, B.A., Lyles, G.A. (eds) Amine Oxidases: Function and Dysfunction. Journal of Neural Transmission, vol 41. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9324-2_21
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