Regulation of serotonin biosynthesis in brain: role of the high affinity uptake of tryptophan into serotonergic neurons

Fed Proc. 1977 Jul;36(8):2142-8.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biological Transport / drug effects
  • Blood-Brain Barrier
  • Brain / enzymology
  • Brain / metabolism*
  • Corpus Striatum / metabolism
  • Kinetics
  • Lithium / pharmacology*
  • Pons / metabolism
  • Rats
  • Serotonin / biosynthesis*
  • Synaptosomes / metabolism
  • Time Factors
  • Tryptophan / blood
  • Tryptophan / metabolism*
  • Tryptophan Hydroxylase / metabolism

Substances

  • Serotonin
  • Tryptophan
  • Lithium
  • Tryptophan Hydroxylase