Title : Serotonin-immune interactions in elderly volunteers and in patients with Alzheimer's disease (DAT): lower plasma tryptophan availability to the brain in the elderly and increased serum interleukin-6 in DAT.

Pub. Date : 1998 Aug

PMID : 9825023






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1 The results suggest that: 1) in normal humans, the availability of plasma tryptophan to the brain decreases with age, and with activation of the immune system; and 2) increased production of IL-6 may play a role in the pathogenesis of DAT. Tryptophan interleukin 6 Homo sapiens