| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 396 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Ciba Foundation symposium ; 22 (new ser.) |
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Ciba Foundation symposium ; new ser. 22
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| Contents |
Chairman's introduction / R.J. Wurtman -- Control of plasma amino acid concentrations / H.N. Munro -- Amino acid transport in the brain in vivo and in vitro / A. Lajtha -- Octopamine, phenylethanolamine, phenylethylamine and tryptamine in the brain / Julius Axelrod, Juan M. Saavedra -- Tyrosine aminotransferase in the rat brain / P. Mandel, D. Aunis -- Properties of the pterin-dependent aromatic amino acid hydroxylases / Seymour Kaufman -- The in vivo estimation of rates of tryptophan and tyrosine hydroxylation: effects of alterations in enzyme environment and neuronal activity / A. Carlsson -- The regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase activity in adrenergic nervous tissue / N. Weiner, F.-L. Lee, J.C. Waymire, M. Posiviata -- Nutritional control of the synthesis of 5-hydroxytryptamine in the brain / J.D. Fernstrom, B.K. Madras, H.N. Munro, R.J. Wurtman -- The transfer of tryptophan across the synaptosome membrane / A. Parfitt, D.G. Grahame-Smith -- Tryptophan concentration in the brain / A.T.B. Moir -- Serum free tryptophan: control of brain concentrations of tryptophan and of synthesis of 5-hydroxytryptamine / G.L. Gessa, A. Tagliamonte -- Fatty acids and the disposition of tryptophan / G. Curzon, P.J. Knott -- Monoamine metabolites in the cerebrospinal fluid: indicators of the biochemical status of monoaminergic neurons in the central nervous system / Marin Bulat -- Do tryptophan concentrations limit protein synthesis at specific sites in the brain? / Samuel H. Barondes -- Aromatic amino acid supply and brain protein synthesis / S.S. Oja, P. Lähdesmäki, M.-L. Vahvelainen -- Effects of amino acid imbalance on amino acid utilization, protein synthesis and polyribosome function in cerebral cortex / Sidney Roberts -- L-dopa, polysomal aggregation and cerebral synthesis of protein / Bette F. Weiss, L.E. Roel, H.N. Munro, R.J. Wurtman -- [Alpha]-methyldopa, an unnatural aromatic amino acid / L. Maitre, P.R. Hedwall, P.C. Waldmeier -- Synthetic p-halogenophenylalanines and protein synthesis in the brain / E. Martin Gal -- Effects of [alpha]-methyltryptophan on tryptophan, 5-hydroxytryptamine and protein metabolism in the brain / Theodore L. Sourkes -- Chairman's closing remarks / R.J. Wurtman |
| Notes |
"Symposium on Aromatic Acids in the Brain held at the Ciba Foundation on 15-17th May, 1973"--Page [vii] |
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Editors: G.E.W. Wolstenholme and David W. FitzSimons |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Amino acids -- Congresses.
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Aromatic compounds -- Congresses.
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Brain chemistry -- Congresses.
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Amino Acids.
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Brain Chemistry.
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Brain.
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Cerebrospinal Fluid.
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Protein Biosynthesis.
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Congress.
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Conference proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
FitzSimons, David W.
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Wolstenholme, G. E. W. (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)
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Ciba Foundation.
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| LC no. |
73091643 |
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