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Pain and tryptophan [PDF]

open access: possibleJournal of Neurosurgery, 1980
✓ Tryptophan, the precursor for serotonin, was given to five patients with recurrent pain and diminished sensory deficits following rhizotomy and cordotomy. Their sensory deficits for both touch and pinprick reexpanded to the maximum extent initially recorded after their operative procedures. Their pain was again relieved. No clear understanding of the
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Free Tryptophan in Plasma and Brain Tryptophan Metabolism [PDF]

open access: possibleNature, 1972
SYNTHESIS in the brain of the putative transmitter 5-hydroxytryptamine (5HT) is influenced by the concentration of tryptophan; the rate limiting step in 5HT synthesis is the hydroxylation of tryptophan1 by tryptophan hydroxylase, which is normally unsaturated with substrate2.
G. Curzon, P. J. Knott
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Tryptophan and Atherosclerosis

1996
The association between hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis in humans is widely accepted (Goldstein and Brown, 1977; Steinberg, 1983; Nordoy and Goodnight, 1990). Some studies (Muldoon et al., 1990) have shown that a decrease in serum cholesterol in middle-aged subjects by diet, drugs or both, leads to a significant reduction of the incidence of ...
Baldo Enzi G   +4 more
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