EFFECT OF L-TRYPTOPHAN SUPPLEMENTATION ON ISCHEMIC PAIN
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research
- Vol. 9 (1) , 45-55
- https://doi.org/10.3727/036012984816714820
Abstract
The synthesis of neurotransmitter amines in mammalian brain is known to respond to changes in precursor availability. After dietary manipulation including L-tryptophan supplementation 3 out of 11 human subjects showed a significant reduction of experimentally induced ischemic pain. Dietary manipulation aimed at an increase in CNS serotonin [5-hydroxytryptamine] can alter pain perception in some individuals.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: