This volume contains the proceedings of the Tenth International Meeting of the International Study Group for Tryptophan Research (ISTR V), held at the University of Padova, Padova, Italy, from 25-29 June, 2002 under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) in Roma, the University of Padova, the Italian Chemical Society - Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, the Veneto Region and the City of Padova. The meeting was organized to cover the recent developments in the field of tryptophan research. Weare very honoured that so many speakers accepted our invitation to give plenary lectures which, with the other communications, demonstrated the high scientific value of the Meeting. The publications in this volume are subdivided into nine main chapters, and cover all the major aspects in immunology, neurobiology, psychiatry, pathology, clinics, metabolism, enzymology, pharmacology, toxicology, melatonin, exercise and analytical chemistry. The volume includes the contributions of 325 scientists from 24 countries, and the Musajo Memorial Lecture delivered by Prof. Osamu Hayaishi during the Opening Ceremony.
Editors and Affiliations
University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Graziella Allegri,
Carlo V. L. Costa,
Eugenio Ragazzi
University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Hans Steinhart
Istituto G. Gaslini, Genova Quarto, Italy
Luigi Varesio
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Developments in Tryptophan and Serotonin Metabolism
Editors: Graziella Allegri, Carlo V. L. Costa, Eugenio Ragazzi, Hans Steinhart, Luigi Varesio
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2003
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-47755-3Published: 15 January 2004
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-4939-6Published: 13 November 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-0135-0Published: 06 December 2012