Lysergic acid diethylamide: Role in conversion of plasma tryptophan to brain serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine)
Science 1969 Robert C. Lin, S. H. Ngai, E. Costa 69 citations
Injections of D-lysergic acid diethylamide decrease the turnover rate of 5-hydroxytryptamine of rat brain, as measured from the conversion of (14)C-tryptophan into (14)C-5-hydroxytryptamine. The 2-bromolysergic acid diethylamide given in doses fivefold greater than those of lysergic acid diethylamide fails to change the rate of (14)C-tryptophan conversion into (14)C-5-hydroxytryptamine. The...