Transport Mechanisms of Tryptophan in Blood Cells, Nerve Cells, and at the Blood-Brain Barrier: Proceedings of the International Symposium, Prilly/Lausanne, Switzerland, July 6–7, 1978

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Interaction Between Parallel Transport Systems Examined With Tryptophan and Related Amino Acids....Pages 1-13
A Comparison of Amino Acid Transport and Ouabain Binding in Brain Endothelium and Salivary Epithelium Studied in vivo by Rapid Paired-Tracer Dilution....Pages 15-27
Kinetics of Tryptophan Transport Across the Blood-Brain Barrier....Pages 29-42
The Role of Blood-Brain Barrier Transport of Tryptophan and Other Neutral Amino Acids in the Regulation of Substrate-Limited Pathways of Brain Amino Acid Metabolism....Pages 43-54
Diet-Induced Changes in Plasma Amino Acid Pattern: Effects on the Brain Uptake of Large Neutral Amino Acids, and on Brain Serotonin Synthesis....Pages 55-67
When—and Why—Should Nutritional State Control Neurotransmitter Synthesis?....Pages 69-79
Relationships Between Plasma, CSF and Brain Tryptophan....Pages 81-92
Ontogenesis of Tryptophan Transport in the Rat Brain....Pages 93-105
Kinetics of Tryptophan Transport Into the Brain....Pages 107-114
Structural Specificity of the Carrier for L-Tryptophan in Rat Cerebral Cortex Slices....Pages 115-124
Interactions Between Tryptophan, Phenylalanine and Sugar Transport in the Small Intestinal Mucosa....Pages 125-137
Transport of Tryptophan and Other Amino Acids by Mammalian Erythrocytes....Pages 139-151
Zero-Trans Uptake of L-Tryptophan in the Human Erythrocyte....Pages 153-160
Tryptophan Accumulation by Blood Platelets of Depressed Patients....Pages 161-163
Distribution of Tryptophan in Erythrocytes, Leukocytes and Thrombocytes, and Its Binding to Plasma Albumin....Pages 165-176
The Influence of Oral Tryptophan on Cortical Evoked Responses in Normals and Schizophrenics....Pages 177-188
Blood-Brain Movements of Tryptophan and Tyrosine in Manic-Depressive Illness and Schizophrenia....Pages 189-196
Distribution of Tryptophan and Tyrosine in Unipolar Affective Disorders as Defined by Multicompartmental Analysis....Pages 197-207
Serotonergic Mechanisms in Myoclonus....Pages 209-216
Comment on the Methodology for Separating and Determining Free and Albumin-Bound Tryptophan Levels in Blood Samples....Pages 217-219
Methodological Problems in the Determination of Total and Free Plasma Tryptophan....Pages 221-226
Summary: Circulating Tryptophan, Brain Tryptophan, and Psychiatric Disease....Pages 227-236
Back Matter....Pages 237-240