Aromatic Amino Acids in the Brain -- Contents -- Chairman's introduction -- Control of plasma amino acid concentrations -- Discussion -- Amino acid transport in the brain in vivo and in vitro -- Discussion -- Octopamine, phenylethanolamine, phenylethylamine and tryptamine in the brain -- Discussion -- Tyrosine aminotransferase in the brain -- Discussion -- Properties of pterin-dependent aromatic amino acid hydroxylases -- Discussion -- The in vivo estimation of rates of tryptophan and tyrosine hydroxylation: effects of alterations in enzyme environment and neuronal activity -- Discussion -- The regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase activity in adrenergic nervous tissue -- Discussion -- Nutritional control of the synthesis of 5-hydroxytryptamine in the brain -- Discussion -- The transfer of tryptophan across the synaptosome membrane -- Discussion -- Tryptophan concentration in the brain -- Serum free tryptophan: control of brain concentrations of tryptophan and of synthesis of 5-hydroxytryptamine -- Fatty acids and the disposition of tryptophan -- Discussion of the three preceding papers -- Monoamine metabolites in the cerebrospinal fluid: indicators of the biochemical status of monoaminergic neurons in the cerebral nervous system -- Discussion -- Do tryptophan concentrations limit protein synthesis at specific sites in the brain? -- Discussion -- Aromatic amino acid supply and protein synthesis in the brain -- Discussion -- Effects of amino acid imbalance on amino acid utilization, protein synthesis and polyribosome function in cerebral cortex -- Discussion -- L-Dopa, polysomal aggregation and cerebral synthesis of protein -- Discussion -- a-Methyldopa, an unnatural aromatic amino acid -- Synthetic p-halogenophenylalanines and protein synthesis in the brain -- Discussion.

Effects of a-methyltryptophan on tryptophan, 5-hydroxytryptamine and protein metabolism in the brain -- Discussion -- Chairman's closing remarks -- Index of contributors -- Subject index.