The effect of caffeine on mouse striatal tryptamine.
The experiments show that the striatal tryptamine accumulation rate as determined after pargyline treatment was increased by the administration of caffeine or theophylline. These increases were correlated with increases in the availability of brain tryptophan.
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D000818:Animals; D002110:Caffeine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010293:Pargyline / Q000494:pharmacology; D012701:Serotonin / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D013806:Theophylline / Q000494:pharmacology; D014363:Tryptamines / Q000378:metabolism*; D014364:Tryptophan / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism
D014363:Tryptamines; D012701:Serotonin; D002110:Caffeine; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid; D014364:Tryptophan; D010293:Pargyline; D013806:Theophylline