Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Amino Acid Derivatives
- Tryptophan Derivatives
- Seratonin
- Melatonin
- associated with sleep/wake cycles
- associated with depression, OCD, Anxiety disorders
- Tyrosine Derivatives
- DOPA
- Dopamine
- Norepinephrine
- Epinephrine
- used to treat cardiac arrest, boosts oxygen supply to the
heart and brain
- low levels associated with depression, drugs target re-uptake
inhibition to treat symptoms
- deficiency is associated with depression and ADD, high levels
associated with psychosis and schizophrenia
- All of these hormones are associated with fight/flight
response, and released by the adrenal gland in response to stress
- used to treat dystonia
- Arginine Derivatives
- Creatine
- Creatinine
- toxic -- should be excreted by kidneys, levels of sCr is a measure of
kidney fxn