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Multicompartmental analysis of amino acids: III. Tyrosine in affective disorder

1979; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 9; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0033291700021620

1469-8978

David M. Shaw, S. F. Tidmarsh, A. L. Johnson, A. Michalakeas, G. J. Riley, Richard Blazek, D. A. MacSweeney, Antony F. Francis, Robyn Hewland,

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

SYNOPSIS Multicompartmental studies of tyrosine in patients suffering from affective disorders and controls gave estimates of 2 major pools of amino acid, together with the associated fractional clearance rates and fluxes. The 2 pools were considered provisionally to represent extracellular and intracellular tyrosine.