Tryptophan metabolism in alcoholism

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 467, Issue , 2000, Pages 265-274

  Badawy, A A B ^a  

^a WHITCHURCH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; EXCITOTOXIN; QUINOLINIC ACID; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN 2,3 DIOXYGENASE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RAT; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; SEROTONIN SYNDROME;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; LIVER; MICE; RATS; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN OXYGENASE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034467664     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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