For those who want to know what all the hubbub about the drama is about, The Americans follows Phil (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell), two Soviet spies sent to live undercover in America as husband and wife during the Cold War.
Like most antidepressants, MAOIs work by changing the levels of one or more of these naturally occurring brain chemicals. An enzyme called monoamine oxidase is involved in removing the neurotransmitters norepinephrine, serotonin and dopamine from the brain.MAOIs prevent this from happening, which makes more of these brain chemicals available.his is thought to boost mood by improving brain cell communication. MAOIs also affect other neurotransmitters in the brain and digestive system, causing side effects. MAOIs are sometimes used to treat conditions other than depression, such as Parkinson's disease.
Reduced monoamine oxidase activity (MAO) was reported in 1972 (Murphy and Wyatt 1972) in the blood platelets of schizophrenic patients and they later suggested that reduced MAO activity might be a genetic marker for vulnerability to schizophrenia (Wyatt et al.1973).imilarly, the explanation for the reduced MAO activity has remained uncertain (Marcolin and Davis, 1992). Investigations into this question have not reported smoking rates of the subjects. Recent studies have demonstrated that smoking is associated with reduced monoamine oxidase A and B activity (Oreland et al.