Progress in Tryptophan and Serotonin Research

PROC.TRYPTOPHAN A. SEROTONIN RES. (SCHLOSSBERGER) E-BOOK

Zusammenfassung
Frontmatter -- Preface -- CONTENTS -- OPENING SESSION -- Adolf Butenandt's Work on the Metabolism of Tryptophan -- Tryptophan, the Heart of the Toxic Peptides from Amanita Mushrooms -- Forty Years of Trypto-Fun -- Indoleamine Dioxygenase - a Possible Biological Function -- QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF TRYPTOPHAN AND ITS METABOLITES -- Liquid Chromatography/Electrochemistry Determination of Biogenic Amines: Improved Performance Using Low Dead Volume Multiple Electrode Transducers -- GLC and HPLC Analysis of Tryptophan, Kynurenine and Related Metabolites -- Monitoring of Tryptophan Levels in Biological Fluids by HPLC: An Improved Method -- Rapid Determination of Tryptophan and its Metabolitesalong the Kynurenine Pathway by HPLC -- HPLC-Analysis of Xanthurenic Acid and its 8-Methyl-Ether -- Free and Total Tryptophan Microdetermination by an Automated Fluorometric Method -- Comparison of HPLC and GC-MS Methods for the Determination of Tryptophan and its Indole Metabolites in Biological Samples -- Pineal Indoles: Their Determination by High Performance Liquid Chromatography and the Influence of Diurnal Variation and Tryptophan Administration on their Level in the Rat -- Higher-Order Derivative Spectrophotometry for the Quantitative Determination of Tryptophan, Tyrosine and Phenylalanine in Two- and Three-Component Mixtures, Peptides and Proteins -- The Application of a Spectrofluorometer-Optical- Multichannel Analyzer System to the Determination of Tryptophan -- Picomole Determination of Tryptophan by Derivatization to 9-Hydroxymethyl-ß-Carboline -- Determination of Tryptophan in Food after Alkaline Hydrolysis: An Evaluation -- Colorimetric Determination of Tryptophan in Corn-Cob Mix (CCM) -- Comparison of Tryptophan Assays for Food Proteins -- WORKSHOP: ANALYSIS OF TRYPTOPHAN -- Discussion at the Workshop on "Analysis of Tryptophan" -- TRYPTOPHAN AND SEROTONIN: NEUROBIOLOGY -- Tryptophan Transport to the Brain: Newer Findings and Older Ones Reconsidered -- Tryptophan Availability and Serotonin Synthesis in Rat Brain: Effects of Experimental Diabetes -- Anatomy and Function of Central Serotoninergic Neurons -- Serotonin Receptor Binding Sites: Localization and Role in the Brain and Peripheral Tissues -- Involvement of 5-HT2 (S2)- Receptor Sites in the Serotonin-Induced Activation of Cat Platelets -- The Regulation of 5-Hydroxytryptamine Release from Superfused Synaptosomes by Tryptophan -- Selective Increases in High Affinity Tryptophan Transport in Synaptosomes from Different Brain Areas Incubated in Sodium-Free Media -- Formation and Function of Tetrahydro-ß-Carbolines with Special Reference to their Action on [3H] - Tryptamine Binding Sites -- Regulations of Serotonergic Neurons Innervating the Basal Ganglia: In vivo Release Studies -- Blood Platelets as Models for Neurons: Similarities of the 5-Hydroxytryptamine Systems -- In vivo Metabolism of 14C-5-HT, 14C-5.6-DHT and 14C-5.7-DHT by MAO/COMT/Aldehyde Dehydrogenase in Rat Brain -- Tryptophan Metabolism in the Pineal Gland -- Some Physiological Responses and Effects of the Pineal Indoleamine Melatonin -- Pharmacologic Regulation of Serum N-Acetylserotonin -- N-Acetyltryptophan: Biochemical and Pharmacological Studies -- Serotonin, a Major Metabolite of Tryptophan in the Rabbit Retina -- Effect of 5-Hydroxyanthranilic Acid on Arachidonate Metabolites Function in Platelet Aggregation System -- WORKSHOP: CLINICAL AND BEHAVIOURAL EFFECTS OF TRYPTOPHAN -- Introduction to Workshop -- Tryptophan and Human Sleep: An Analysis of 43 Studies -- L-Tryptophan in Chronic Insomnia -- Tryptophan (500 mg) Decreases Subjectively Perceived Sleep Latency and Increases Sleep Depth in Man -- Further Evidence of the Hypnotic Properties of Tryptophan -- The Therapeutic Action of Tryptophan in Depression, Mania, and Aggression -- The Effects of Dietary Tryptophan on Chronic Maxillofacial Pain Tolerance -- PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL ASPECTS -- Modulation of Serotonin Receptors by L-Valine in Hepatic Encephalopathy -- Effect of a B-Vitamin on Tryptophan Metabolism in South African Bantu with Pellagra -- Studies on the Urinary Excretion of Xanthurenic Acid in Diabetics -- Urinary Excretion of Xanthurenic Acid and Zinc in Diabetes -- Studies of the Clinical Importance and Molecular Defect of Hereditary Vitamin B6 Dependent Xanthurenic Aciduria -- Tryptophan - Nicotinic Acid Pathway in Cardiovascular Diseases -- The Dependence of Stress Induced Increases in Functional 5HT Activity on Increased Tryptophan Availability: Evidence that in vivo Electrochemistry Monitors 5-Hydroxyindole Release -- Increased Availability of Tryptophan to the Brain in Stress is not Mediated via Changes in Competing Amino Acids -- Free and Bound Plasma Tryptophan Levels in Psychiatric Disorders -- Cerebrospinal Fluid 5HIAA and Tryptophan in Depression and Suicide -- The Influence of L5-Hydroxytryptophan (L5-HTP) on Clinical and Biochemical Parameters in Depressive Patients -- Plasma Tryptophan Levels and ...