Tyrosine, Tryptophan and Performance

摘要

Studies conducted during 1991 examined: (1) the effects of tyrosine oncatecholamine (dopamine; norepinephrine; epinephrine) synthesis and release; (2) the effects of combining tyrosine with sympathomimetic agents on-the behavioral and physiological effects of those drugs; (3) the effects of melatonin on dopamine release (and vice versa); and, (4) the effect of a new class of drugs, catechol-methyl transferase inhibitors, on dopamine release in brain, and on catecholamine-mediated cardiovascular responses.