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On the other hand, the free plasma tryptophan level was, at all the times of day at which measurements were made, either significantly or almost significantly higher in the patients than in the controls. It was further found that the results of measurement were related to the patients\u2019 clinical improvement, as measured by the Hamilton test, in such a way that after four weeks of treatment the free plasma tryptophan level in \u2018poorly improved\u2019 patients continued to be significantly higher in comparison with the controls, whereas the values for the \u2018well improved\u2019 patient group did not differ greatly from the corresponding values for the control group any longer.<\/jats:p><jats:p>It may be hypothesized that the rise in the free plasma tryptophan in depressive patients might represent an effort made by the peripheral body to compensate for the slowed-up serotonin metabolism of the brain, whereby the tryptophan mobilized from the periphery would serve as a sort of \u2018endogenous antidepressant\u2019 provided by the organism itself.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1192\/bjp.128.1.67","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2008,8,12]],"date-time":"2008-08-12T18:35:43Z","timestamp":1218566143000},"page":"67-73","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":39,"title":["The Daily Rhythm of Plasma Tryptophan and Tyrosine in Depression"],"prefix":"10.1192","volume":"128","author":[{"given":"Pekka","family":"Niskanen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Matti","family":"Huttunen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tapani","family":"Tamminen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Juha","family":"J\u00e4\u00e4skel\u00e4inen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"170","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,1,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"S0007125000042550_ref5","article-title":"Tryptophan in the treatment of depression","volume":"ii","author":"Coppen","year":"1967","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"S0007125000042550_ref12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0022-3956(69)90013-2"},{"key":"S0007125000042550_ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/archpsyc.1971.01750160071013"},{"key":"S0007125000042550_ref18","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/00005053-197405000-00008"},{"key":"S0007125000042550_ref9","article-title":"Determination of tryptophan in plasma, liver and urine","volume":"69","author":"Denckla","year":"1967","journal-title":"J. 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