Antidepressant action of tryptophan

Lancet. 1974 Oct 12;2(7885):897-8. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(74)91233-1.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antidepressive Agents*
  • Brain / drug effects
  • Brain / metabolism
  • Depression / drug therapy*
  • Drug Antagonism
  • Humans
  • Nicotinic Acids / pharmacology
  • Rats
  • Serotonin / metabolism
  • Tryptophan / administration & dosage
  • Tryptophan / adverse effects
  • Tryptophan / metabolism
  • Tryptophan / pharmacology*
  • Tryptophan / therapeutic use
  • Tryptophan Oxygenase / metabolism

Substances

  • Antidepressive Agents
  • Nicotinic Acids
  • Serotonin
  • Tryptophan
  • Tryptophan Oxygenase