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Bogdanov, M.B., and Wurtman, R.J.
Effects of systemic or oral ad libitum monosodium glutamate administration on striatal glutamate release, as measured using microdialysis in freely moving rats.
Brain Res., 660:337-340, 1994.
[PDF] , PID: 897, PK: 32, Admin
Caballero, B., Finer, N., and Wurtman, R.J.
Plasma amino acid levels in obesity: Effects of insulin resistance.
Amino Acids in Health and Diseases: New Perspectives (S. Kaufman, ed.) Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, pp.369-382, 1987.
[PDF] , PID: 705, PK: 27, Admin
Caballero, B., Finer, N., and Wurtman, R.J.
Plasma amino acids and insulin levels in obesity: Response to carbohydrate intake and tryptophan supplements.
Metabolism, 37(7):672-676, 1988.
[PDF] , PID: 758, PK: 28, Admin
Caballero, B., Gleason, R.E., and Wurtman, R.J.
Plasma amino acid concentrations in healthy elderly men and women.
Am. J. Clin. Nutr., 53:1249-1252, 1991.
[PDF] , PID: 814, PK: 29, Admin
Caballero, B., Mahon, B.E., Rohr, F.J., Levy, H.L., and Wurtman, R.J.
Plasma amino acid levels after single-dose aspartame consumption in phenylketonuria, mild hyperphenylalaninemia, and heterozygous state for phenylketonuria.
J. Pediatrics, 109(4):668-671, 1986.
[PDF] , PID: 673, PK: 26, Admin
Caballero, B., and Wurtman, R.J.
Differential effects of insulin resistance on leucine and glucose kinetics in obesity.
Metabolism, 40(1):51-58, 1991.
[PDF] , PID: 817, PK: 198, Admin
Cansev, M., Wurtman, R.J.
Aromatic amino acids in the brain.
Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology, Third ed., vol. 6, Chpt. 4, pp. 60-97, (A. Lajtha, ed.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2007.
[PDF] , PID: 1001, PK: 35, Admin
Cohn, C., Joseph, D., Larin, F., Shoemaker, W.J., Wurtman, R.J.
Influence of feeding habits and adrenal cortex on diurnal rhythm of hepatic tyrosine transaminase activity.
Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med., 133(2):460-462, 1970.
[PDF] , PID: 132, PK: 9, Admin
Fernstrom, J.D., Larin, F., and Wurtman, R.J.
Daily variations in the concentrations of individual amino acids in rat plasma.
Life Sci., 10(1):813-819, 1971.
[PDF] , PID: 168, PK: 10, Admin
Fernstrom, J.D., Munro, H.N., and Wurtman, R.J.
Brain tryptophan in rats on a high fat diet.
Nature, 265(5591):277, 1977.
[PDF] , PID: 336, PK: 18, Admin
Fernstrom, J.D., Wurtman, R.J., Hammarstrom-Wiklund, Rand, W.M., Munro, H.N., Davidson, C.S.
Diurnal variations in plasma neutral amino acid concentrations among patients with cirrhosis: Effect of dietary protein.
Am. J. Clin. Nutr., 32:1923-1933, 1979.
[PDF] , PID: 392, PK: 20, Admin
Fernstrom, J.D., Wurtman, R.J., Hammarstrom-Wiklund, Rand, W.M., Munro, H.N., and Davidson, C.S.
Diurnal variations in plasma concentrations of tryptophan, tyrosine, and other neutral amino acids: Effect of dietary protein intake.
Am. J. Clin. Nutr., 32:1912-1922, 1979.
[PDF] , PID: 390, PK: 164, Admin
Fernstrom, J.D., and Wurtman, R.J.
Elevation of plasma tryptophan by insulin in rat.
Metabolism, 21(4):337-342, 1972.
[PDF] , PID: 175, PK: 11, Admin
Fishman, B, Wurtman, R.J., and Munro, H.N.
Daily rhythms in hepatic polysome profiles and tyrosine transaminase activity: Role of dietary protein.
Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 64(2):677-682, 1969.
[PDF] , PID: 130, PK: 7, Admin
Glaeser, B.S., Melamed, E., Growdon, J.H., and Wurtman, R.J.
Elevation of plasma tyrosine after a single oral dose of L-tyrosine.
Life Sci., 25:265-271, 1979.
[PDF] , PID: 433, PK: 21, Admin
Lipsett, D., Madras, B.K., Wurtman, R.J., and Munro, H.M.
Serum tryptophan level after carbohydrate ingestion: Selective decline in non-albumin-bound tryptophan coincident with reduction in serum free fatty acids.
Life Sci., 12(II):57-64, 1973.
[PDF] , PID: 214, PK: 13, Admin
Madras, B.K., Cohen, E.L., Fernstrom, J.D., Larin, F., Munro, H.N., and Wurtman, R.J.
Dietary carbohydrate increases brain tryptophan and decreases serum-free tryptophan.
Nature, 244(5410):34-35, 1973.
[PDF] , PID: 223, PK: 14, Admin
Madras, B.K., Cohen, E.L., Messing, R., Munro, H.N., and Wurtman, R.J.
Relevance of free tryptophan in serum to tissue tryptophan concentrations.
Metabolism, 23(12):1107-1116, 1974.
[PDF] , PID: 258, PK: 17, Admin
Maher, T.J., and Wurtman, R.J.
L-threonine administration increases glycine concentrations in the rat central nervous system.
Life Sci., 26:1283-1286, 1980.
[PDF] , PID: 429, PK: 22, Admin
Martin-Du-Pan, R., Mauron, C., Glaeser, B., and Wurtman, R.J.
Effect of various oral glucose doses on plasma neutral amino acid levels.
Metabolism, 31(9):937-943, 1982.
[PDF] , PID: 532, PK: 24, Admin
Melamed, E., Glaeser, B., Growdon, J.H., and Wurtman, R.J.
Plasma tyrosine in normal humans: Effects of oral tyrosine and protein-containing meals.
J. Neur. Trans., 47:299-306, 1980.
[PDF] , PID: 431, PK: 23, Admin
Ordonez, L.A., and Wurtman, R.J.
Enzymes catalyzing the de novo synthesis of methyl groups in the brain and other tissues of the rat.
J. Neurochem., 21:1447-1455, 1973.
[PDF] , PID: 226, PK: 15, Admin
Ross, D.S., Fernstrom, J.D., and Wurtman, R.J.
The role of dietary protein in generating daily rhythms in rat liver tryptophan pyrrolase and tyrosine transaminase.
Metabolism, 22(9):1175-1184, 1973.
[PDF] , PID: 200, PK: 12, Admin
Rubin, R.A., Ordonez, L.A., and Wurtman, R.J.
Physiological dependence of brain methionine and s-adenosylmethionine concentrations on serum amino acid pattern.
J. Neurochem., 23:227-231, 1974.
[PDF] , PID: 247, PK: 16, Admin
Wang, L., Maher, T.J., Wurtman, R.J.
Oral L-glutamine increases GABA levels in striatal tissue and extracellular fluid.
FASEB, 21:1227-1232, 2007.
[PDF] , PID: 1028, PK: 36, Admin
Wurtman, R.J.
Diurnal rhythms in mammalian protein metabolism.
Mammalian Protein Metabolism (H.N. Munro, ed.) Academic Press, New York, Vol 4, Chapter 36, 1970.
[PDF] , PID: 115, PK: 8, Admin
Wurtman, R.J.
Presynaptic control of release of amine neurotransmitters by precursor levels.
NIPS (Am. Physiol. Soc.), 3:158-163, 1988.
[PDF] , PID: 766, PK: 30, Admin
Wurtman, R.J.
Tryptophan.
Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, 3rd edition [on CD ROM] (G. Adelman, B.H. Smith, eds.) Elsevier Science, 2004.
[PDF] , PID: 928, PK: 34, Admin
Wurtman, R.J.
Non-nutritional uses of nutrients.
European Journal of Pharmacology, 668:S10-S15, 2011.
[PDF] , PID: 1048, PK: 1123, Admin
Wurtman, R.J., Chou, C., and Rose, C.M.
Daily rhythm in tyrosine concentration in human plasma: Persistence on low-protein diets.
Science, 158(3801):660-662, 1967.
[PDF] , PID: 80, PK: 2, Admin
Wurtman, R.J., Rose, C.M., Chou, C., and Larin, F.F.
Daily rhythms in the concentrations of various amino acids in human plasma.
New Eng. J. Med., 279(4):171-175, 1968.
[not available] , PID: 600, PK: 5, Admin
Wurtman, R.J., Shoemaker, W.J., and Larin, F.
Mechanism of the daily rhythm in hepatic tyrosine transaminase activity: Role of dietary tryptophan.
Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 59(3):800-807, 1968.
[PDF] , PID: 92, PK: 4, Admin
Wurtman, R.J., Wurtman, J.J., Regan, M.M., McDermott, J.M., Tsay, R.H., and Breu, J.J.
Effects of normal meals rich in carbohydrates or proteins on the plasma tryptophan ratio.
Am. J. Clin. Nutrition, 77:128-132, 2003.
[not available] , PID: 1111, PK: 33, Admin
Wurtman, R.J., Wurtman, J.J., Regan, M.M., McDermott, J.M., Tsay, R.H., and Breu, J.J.
Effects of normal meals rich in carbohydrates or proteins on the plasma tryptophan ratio.
Am. J. Clin. Nutrition, 77:128-132, 2003.
[PDF] , PID: 993, PK: 132, Admin
Wurtman, R.J., and Axelrod, J.
Daily rhythmic changes in the tyrosine transaminase of the rat liver.
Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 57(6):1594-1598, 1967.
[PDF] , PID: 72, PK: 1, Admin
Wurtman, R.J., and Larin, R.
A sensitive and specific isotopic assay for the estimation of tyrosine transaminase.
Biochem. Pharm., 17:817-818, 1968.
[PDF] , PID: 86, PK: 3, Admin
Yokogoshi, H., and Wurtman, R.J.
Meal composition and plasma amino acid ratios: Effect of various proteins or carbohydrates, and of various protein concentrations.
Metabolism, 35(9):837-842, 1986.
[PDF] , PID: 670, PK: 25, Admin
Zigmond, M.J., Shoemaker, W.J., Larin, F., and Wurtman, R.J.
Hepatic tyrosine transaminase rhythm: Interaction of environmental lighting, food consumption and dietary protein content.
J. Nutrition, 98(1):71-75, 1969.
[PDF] , PID: 106, PK: 6, Admin