MECHANISM OF DECLINE IN RAT BRAIN 5‐HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE AFTER INDUCTION OF LIVER TRYPTOPHAN PYRROLASE BY HYDROCORTISONE: ROLES OF TRYPTOPHAN CATABOLISM AND KYNURENINE SYNTHESIS

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1981, Pages 695-700

  YOUNG, SIMON N ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; KYNURENINE; LIVER ENZYME; RADIOISOTOPE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN 2,3 DIOXYGENASE;

BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; LIVER; RAT; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; TRYPTOPHAN C 14;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; ENZYME INDUCTION; HYDROCORTISONE; KYNURENINE; LIVER; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SEROTONIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN OXYGENASE;

EID: 0019845879     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1981.tb10480.x     Document Type: Article

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