{"id":2103,"date":"2025-06-03T14:53:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T21:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/alteritas\/?p=2103"},"modified":"2025-06-03T14:53:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T21:53:50","slug":"rasagiline-wiki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/alteritas\/2025\/06\/03\/rasagiline-wiki\/","title":{"rendered":"Rasagiline < wiki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Wiki rasagiline<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&lt;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Rasagiline is used to treat symptoms of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parkinson%27s_disease\">Parkinson&#8217;s disease<\/a> both alone and in combination with other drugs. It has shown efficacy in both early and advanced Parkinson&#8217;s, and appears to be especially useful in dealing with <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parkinson%27s_disease#Neuropsychiatric\">non-motor symptoms<\/a> like <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fatigue_(medical)\">fatigue<\/a>.[15][16][2]<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&lt; MAO-B inhibitors like rasagiline may improve certain non-motor symptoms in Parkinson&#8217;s disease.[19] These may include <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Depression_(mood)\">depression<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sleep_disturbance\">sleep disturbances<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pain\">pain<\/a> (particularly related to motor fluctuations), but are unlikely to include <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cognitive_impairment\">cognitive<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Olfaction\">olfactory<\/a> dysfunctions<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>&lt; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parkinson%27s_disease\">Parkinson&#8217;s disease<\/a> is characterized by the death of cells that produce <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dopamine\">dopamine<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neurotransmitter\">neurotransmitter<\/a>. An enzyme called <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monoamine_oxidase\">monoamine oxidase<\/a> (MAO) breaks down neurotransmitters. MAO has two forms, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MAO-A\">MAO-A<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MAO-B\">MAO-B<\/a>. MAO-B is involved in the metabolism of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dopamine\">dopamine<\/a>. Rasagiline prevents the breakdown of dopamine by irreversibly binding to MAO-B. Dopamine is therefore more available, somewhat compensating for the diminished quantities made in the brains of people with Parkinson&#8217;s disease.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>&lt; In 2021, it was discovered that MAO-A is solely or almost entirely responsible for striatal dopamine <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catabolism\">catabolism<\/a> in the rodent brain and that MAO-B is not importantly involved.[70][71][72] In contrast, MAO-B appears to mediate <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tonic_(physiology)\">tonic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%CE%93-aminobutyric_acid\">\u03b3-aminobutyric acid<\/a> (GABA) synthesis from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Putrescine\">putrescine<\/a> in the striatum, a minor and alternative <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metabolic_pathway\">metabolic pathway<\/a> of GABA synthesis, and this synthesized GABA in turn inhibits dopaminergic neurons in this brain area<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&lt; Like rasagiline, 1-aminoindan shows <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neuroprotective\">neuroprotective<\/a> activity in some experimental models.[1][56] In addition, 1-aminoindan has been found to enhance <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Striatum\">striatal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dopaminergic\">dopaminergic<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neurotransmission\">neurotransmission<\/a> and improve <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Motor\">motor<\/a> function independent of MAO inhibition in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Animal_model\">animal models<\/a> of Parkinson&#8217;s disease.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&lt; Rasagiline has been found to bind <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reversible_inhibitor\">reversibly<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%CE%91-synuclein\">\u03b1-synuclein<\/a>, a major <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Protein\">protein<\/a> involved in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pathophysiology\">pathophysiology<\/a> of Parkinson&#8217;s disease, and this action might be <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neuroprotective\">neuroprotective<\/a>.[82][83][84]<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"> &lt;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Pahwa and Lyons <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Rascol O, Fitzer-Attas CJ, Hauser R, et al. A double-blind, delayed-start trial of rasagiline in Pasrkinson\u2019s disease (the ADAGIO study): prespecified and post-hoc analyses of the need for additional therapies, changes in UPDRS scores, and non-motor outcomes. Lancet Neurol 2011; 10: 415\u201323. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Enzyme inhibitor <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enzyme_inhibitor#Irreversible_inhibitors\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enzyme_inhibitor#Irreversible_inhibitors<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wiki rasagiline &lt;\u00a0 Rasagiline is used to treat symptoms of Parkinson&#8217;s disease both alone and in combination with other drugs. It has shown efficacy in both early and advanced Parkinson&#8217;s, and appears to be especially useful in dealing with non-motor symptoms like fatigue.[15][16][2] &lt; MAO-B inhibitors like rasagiline may improve certain non-motor symptoms in Parkinson&#8217;s &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/alteritas\/2025\/06\/03\/rasagiline-wiki\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Rasagiline < wiki\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","hentry","category-post","post_format-post-format-audio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/alteritas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/alteritas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/alteritas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/alteritas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/alteritas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/alteritas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2104,"href":"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/alteritas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2103\/revisions\/2104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/alteritas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/alteritas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/alteritas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}