Tryptophan, oxygenase, and sleep

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 398, Issue , 1996, Pages 3-11

  Hayaishi, O ^a  

^a OSAKA BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOMERASE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN D2; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN R2 D ISOMERASE; PROSTAGLANDIN R2 D-ISOMERASE; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN 2,3 DIOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL; ART; ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BIOCHEMISTRY; HAPLORHINI; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISTORY; JAPAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SLEEP;

ANIMALS; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BIOCHEMISTRY; DINOPROSTONE; HAPLORHINI; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; ISOMERASES; JAPAN; PORTRAITS; PROSTAGLANDIN D2; PROSTAGLANDINS; RATS; SLEEP; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN OXYGENASE;

EID: 0030334132     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0381-7_1     Document Type: Article

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