Free tryptophan in serum controls brain tryptophan level and serotonin synthesis

Brain Serotonin Content: Physiological Dependence on Plasma Tryptophan Levels

John D. Fernstrom, R. J. Wurtman · Science · 1971 · 1K citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +11

The determination of tryptophan in plasma, liver, and urine.

W D Denckla, Henry K. Dewey · PubMed · 1967 · 828 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Clinical Biochemistry +3

Brain Serotonin Content: Increase Following Ingestion of Carbohydrate Diet

John D. Fernstrom, Richard J. Wurtman · Science · 1971 · 731 citations

Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Physiology +17

The Specific Binding of l-Tryptophan to Serum Albumin

Rapier H. McMenamy, J. L. Oncley · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1958 · 640 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +7

Tryptophan Hydroxylase Inhibition: the Mechanism by Which p-Chlorophenylalanine Depletes Rat Brain Serotonin

Eric Jéquier, Walter Lovenberg, Albert Sjoerdsma · Molecular Pharmacology · 1967 · 424 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Pharmacology +16