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Dietary effects on tyrosine availability and catecholamine synthesis in the central nervous system: possible relevance to the control of protein intake

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

John D. Fernstrom  and
Madelyn H. Fernstrom
John D. Fernstrom
Affiliation:
Departments of Psychiatry, Pharmacology and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Madelyn H. Fernstrom
Affiliation:
Departments of Psychiatry, Pharmacology and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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Symposium on ‘Nutrition of the Brain’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 53 , Issue 2 , July 1994 , pp. 419 - 429
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1994

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