CeNeRx BioPharma, Inc., a clinical stage company developing innovative treatments for diseases of the central nervous system, today announced that a newly published PET imaging study in human subjects confirms that CeNeRx's novel compound TriRima(TM) reversibly inhibits MAO-A (monoamine oxidase A), an enzyme in the brain that plays a key role in the regulation of mood. TriRima is a member of a new class of selective and reversible inhibitors of MAO-A known as RIMAs, and it is the first whose mechanism has been validated in human brain imaging studies.
Read More: Publication in Neuropsychopharmacology Confirms CeNeRx's Novel RIMA Antidepressant TriRima(TM) Selectively and Reversibly Inhibits MAO-A
