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. 1979 Aug 15;35(8):991-2.
doi: 10.1007/BF01949899.

The stimulation of rat brain monoamine oxidase by dietary lithium chloride

I Dawood, W Welch Jr

The stimulation of rat brain monoamine oxidase by dietary lithium chloride

I Dawood et al. Experientia. .

Abstract

Lithium chloride administered to rats in drinking water for 30 days caused an increase of whole brain monoamine oxidase specific activity to approximately 140% of control. Carboxylesterase and formyltetrahydrofolate synthetase activities were not affected by Li+ either in vivo or in vitro.

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