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“It is concluded that L-5-HTP loading may augment ACTH and, consequently, cortisol escape from suppression by dexamethasone in major but not in minor depressed subjects.”
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica • 1989 | View Paper
“The ACTH and corticosterone levels augment by L-5HTP and decrease by pCPA in all age groups, but this corresponding increase or decrease was less marked in the older rats.”