The effect of intravenous L-tryptophan on prolactin and growth hormone and mood in healthy subjects

Biogenic Amines and the States of Sleep

1969 • 1,274 citations

Brain Serotonin Content: Physiological Dependence on Plasma Tryptophan Levels

1971 • 1,006 citations

Long-Term Antidepressant Treatment Decreases Spiroperidol-Labeled Serotonin Receptor Binding

1980 • 840 citations

Role of brain monoamines and histamine in regulation of anterior pituitary secretion.

1978 • 700 citations

A Homologous Radioimmunoassay for Human Prolactin1

1973 • 652 citations

A Sensitive Double Antibody Immunoassay for Human Growth Hormone in Plasma

1964 • 645 citations

Receptor Sensitivity and the Mechanism of Action of Antidepressant Treatment

1981 • 645 citations

Tricyclic Antidepressants: Long-Term Treatment Increases Responsivity of Rat Forebrain Neurons to Serotonin

1978 • 476 citations

THE EFFECTS OF PRECURSOR LOADING IN THE CEREBRAL METABOLISM OF 5‐HYDROXYINDOLES

1968 • 399 citations

Serotonin-containing neurons: their possible role in pain and analgesia

1977 • 394 citations

Effects of Melatonin and Serotonin on the Release of FSH and Prolactin

1971 • 318 citations

Psychopharmacology: A Generation of Progress

1978 • 242 citations

Hyperphagia and Obesity Following Serotonin Depletion by Intraventricular p -Chlorophenylalanine

1976 • 241 citations

Psychopharmacology of Aggression

1980 • 201 citations

Stimulation of Human Prolactin Secretion by Intravenous Infusion of L-Tryptophan

1973 • 188 citations

Catecholamine Inhibition of Prolactin Secretion by Isolated Rat Adenohypophyses¹

1970 • 186 citations

Participation of Serotonin-Containing Neurons in the Suckling-Induced Rise in Plasma Prolactin Levels in Lactating Rats

1973 • 185 citations

EFFECT OF 5-HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN (5-HTP) ON GROWTH HORMONE AND ACTH RELEASE IN MAN

1973 • 183 citations

Effects of drugs on the processes regulating the functional activity of brain 5-hydroxytryptamine

1976 • 182 citations

Reevaluation of the indoleamine hypothesis of depression. Evidence for a reduction of functional activity of central 5-HT systems by antidepressant drugs

1979 • 181 citations

Control of body temperature in the unanaesthetized monkey by cholinergic and aminergic systems in the hypothalamus

1969 • 176 citations

Further Evidence That Serotonin Is a Neurotransmitter Involved in the Control of Prolactin Secretion

1977 • 159 citations

dl-5-Hydroxytryptophan-induced changes in central monoamine neurons after peripheral decarboxylase inhibition

1971 • 155 citations

Central-Nervous-System Effects of Ingestion of L-Tryptophan by Normal Subjects

1962 • 142 citations

Hypersensitive Serotonergic Receptors Involved in Clinical Depression—A Theory

1978 • 140 citations

Effect of tryptophan administration on 5HIAA in cerebrospinal fluid in man.

1970 • 136 citations

UPTAKE OF 5‐HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE AND 5‐HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN BY NEURONS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NORMALLY CONTAINING CATECHOLAMINES *

1967 • 130 citations

Effect of 5-Hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) on Plasma Prolactin Levels in Man

1974 • 121 citations

Chronic antidepressant treatment enhances α-adrenergic and serotonergic responses in the facial nucleus

1980 • 120 citations

Evidence that serotonin neurons stimulate secretion of prolactin releasing factor

1978 • 116 citations

Effects of L-tryptophan and restraint stress on hypothalmic and brain serotonin turnover, and pituitary TSH and prolactin release in rats

1976 • 110 citations

Release of [3H]dopamine byl-5-hydroxytryptophan

1972 • 105 citations

Suppression of sleep-related prolactin secretion and enhancement of sleep-related growth hormone secretion.

1975 • 101 citations

The central antiserotonergic action of mianserin

1978 • 95 citations

Hypothalamic Hypophysiotropic Hormones and Neurotransmitter Regulation: Current Views

1981 • 90 citations

Some Experiments in the Chemistry of Normal Sleep

1966 • 90 citations

Effect of the Serotonin Precursor, Tryptophan, on Pituitary Hormone Secretion1

1977 • 83 citations

The Interaction of the Serotonergic and Dopaminergic Systems on Prolactin Secretion in the Rat: The Mechanism of Action of the “Specific” Serotonin Receptor Antagonist, Methysergide*

1978 • 83 citations

Effect of quipazine on rat plasma prolactin levels

1976 • 83 citations

The acute effects of oral (‐)‐tryptophan in human subjects.

1975 • 76 citations

Enhanced serotonin receptor activity after chronic treatment with imipramine or amitriptyline.

1979 • 72 citations

Mianserin, danitracen and amitriptyline withdrawal increases the behavioural responses of rats to L-5-HTP

1979 • 66 citations

Evidence that Serotonin Stimulates a Prolactin-Releasing Factor in the Rat

1979 • 64 citations

Slight Effect of<scp>l</scp>-Tryptophan on Growth Hormone Release in Normal Human Subjects¹

1974 • 60 citations

Effect of 1–5 Hydroxytryptophan Infusion on Growth Hormone and Prolactin Secretion in Man

1977 • 57 citations

Stimulatory Role for Brain Serotoninergic System on Prolactin Secretion in the Male Rat

1976 • 55 citations

Serotonergic control of prolactin release in male rats

1979 • 51 citations

Central Antiserotonin Action of Amitriptyline

1979 • 48 citations

Strategies for Partner Management when Treating Sexually Transmitted Infection

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Failure of 5-Hydroxytryptophan to Stimulate Prolactin and Growth Hormone Secretion in Man

1975 • 43 citations

L-Tryptophan Injection Enhances Pulsatile Growth Hormone Secretion in the Rat*

1981 • 42 citations

The acute effects of intravenous infusion of L‐tryptophan in normal subjects

1974 • 41 citations

Enhancement of 5-Hydroxytryptamine-induced behavioral effects following chronic administration of antidepressant drugs

1980 • 38 citations

Failure of Oral 5-Hydroxytryptophan Administration to Affect Prolactin Secretion in Man

1976 • 26 citations

Effect of hypothalamic surgery on prolactin release induced by 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) in rats.

1976 • 26 citations

Effect of L-Tryptophan on Growth Hormone and Prolactin Release in Normal Volunteers and Patients with Secretory Pituitary Tumors

1979 • 24 citations

Canine Growth Hormone Responsiveness during Pentobarbital Anesthesia: A Method for Evaluating Serotoninergic Stimulatory Action

1979 • 20 citations

l-Tryptophan treatment and the episodic secretion of pituitary hormones and cortisol

1979 • 17 citations

Mood elevation and pituitary stimulation after i.v. l-5-HTP in normal subjects: Evidence for a common serotoninergic mechanism

1976 • 14 citations

Absent prolactin response to l-tryptophan in normal and acromegalic subjects

1980 • 13 citations

Lack of effects of l-tryptohan on basal and TRH-stimulated TSH and proclatin levels☆

1977 • 12 citations

l-Tryptophan and neuroendocrine regulation in neurologic patients: Hormone responses to l-tryptophan loading in patients with hypothalamic lesions☆

1977 • 10 citations

Absent Growth Hormone Response to L-Tryptophan in Acromegaly*

1979 • 9 citations