[Effect of chlorgyline on gamma-aminobutyric acid levels in hyperoxia].

Chlorgyline, an inhibitor of type A monoamine oxidase, administered to rats prevented oxygen-induced decrease in gamma-aminobutyric acid brain content in hyperoxia. At the same time chlorgyline had an overall protective effect, increasing two-fold the period prior to the development of oxygen convulsions. The data suggest an important role of the modification of monoamine oxidase catalytic properties in the development of oxygen-induced intoxication and, particularly, in the decrease of gamma-aminobutyric acid content in hyperoxia.