Tryptophan availability and serotonin synthesis

Proc Nutr Soc. 1987 Feb;46(1):143-56. doi: 10.1079/pns19870018.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biological Transport, Active
  • Blood-Brain Barrier
  • Brain / metabolism
  • Diet
  • Dietary Carbohydrates / administration & dosage
  • Dietary Proteins / administration & dosage
  • Emotions / physiology
  • Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid / metabolism
  • Kinetics
  • Serotonin / biosynthesis*
  • Sleep / physiology
  • Synaptic Transmission
  • Tryptophan / metabolism*

Substances

  • Dietary Carbohydrates
  • Dietary Proteins
  • Serotonin
  • Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid
  • Tryptophan