Explore Monoamine through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like amine. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Monoamine in a sentence
Monoamine meaning
Any compound having a single amino functional group, especially a neurotransmitter.
Synonyms of Monoamine
Using Monoamine
- The main meaning on this page is: Any compound having a single amino functional group, especially a neurotransmitter.
- Useful related words include: amine, aminoalkane.
- In the example corpus, monoamine often appears in combinations such as: monoamine oxidase, the monoamine, by monoamine.
Context around Monoamine
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 6 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Monoamine
- In this selection, "monoamine" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, simply, enzyme, oxidase, hypothesis and deficiency stand out and add context to how "monoamine" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a monoamine oxidase inhibitor and affect the monoamine receptors directly. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "monoamine" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with monoamine
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Some medications affect the monoamine receptors directly. (7 words)
These observations gave rise to the monoamine hypothesis of depression. (10 words)
Despite these findings, the cause of depression is not simply monoamine deficiency. (12 words)
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors are one of the major classes of drug prescribed for the treatment of depression, although they are often last-line treatment due to risk of the drug's interaction with diet or other drugs. (37 words)
Serotonin is catabolized by monoamine oxidase in the presence of oxygen, so if care is taken to prevent an unsafe spike in body temperature or metabolic acidosis, oxygenation will assist in dispatching the excess serotonin. (35 words)
Psilocin is broken down by the enzyme monoamine oxidase to produce several metabolites that can circulate in the blood plasma, including 4-hydroxyindole-3-acetaldehyde, 4-hydroxytryptophol, and 4-hydroxyindole-3-acetic acid. (33 words)
Example sentences (12)
All currently marketed antidepressants have the monoamine hypothesis as their theoretical basis, with the possible exception of agomelatine which acts on a dual melatonergic serotonergic pathway.
A monoamine oxidase inhibitor reduces the body's ability to metabolize psilocin and psilocybin, greatly increasing the intensity of the experience.
Despite these findings, the cause of depression is not simply monoamine deficiency.
Horder prescribed her an antidepressant, a monoamine oxidase inhibitor, a few days before her suicide.
In cases of serotonin syndrome caused by monoamine oxidase inhibitors oxygenation will not help to dispatch serotonin.
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors are one of the major classes of drug prescribed for the treatment of depression, although they are often last-line treatment due to risk of the drug's interaction with diet or other drugs.
Psilocin is broken down by the enzyme monoamine oxidase to produce several metabolites that can circulate in the blood plasma, including 4-hydroxyindole-3-acetaldehyde, 4-hydroxytryptophol, and 4-hydroxyindole-3-acetic acid.
Serotonin is catabolized by monoamine oxidase in the presence of oxygen, so if care is taken to prevent an unsafe spike in body temperature or metabolic acidosis, oxygenation will assist in dispatching the excess serotonin.
Some medications affect the monoamine receptors directly.
There are two isoforms of monoamine oxidase, MAO-A and MAO-B.
These compounds do reach the brain, although some portion of them are metabolized by monoamine oxidase enzymes (mainly MAO-A ) in the liver.
These observations gave rise to the monoamine hypothesis of depression.
Common combinations with monoamine
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- monoamine oxidase 17×
- the monoamine 4×
- by monoamine 4×
- of monoamine 2×
- monoamine hypothesis 2×