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“Thus, although corticosterone itself does not influence melatonin rhythms of snakes, corticosterone can inhibit the synthesis of melatonin from 5-hydroxytryptophan.”
General and comparative endocrinology • 2010 | View Paper
“Mice which had been given corticosterone for 10 days displayed the serotonin syndrome when injected with 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP, 100 mg/kg, s.c.),”
“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.”
Research communications in chemical pathology and pharmacology • 1976 | View Paper
“Since Lilly 110140 is a specific inhibitor of serotonin uptake, these results support the hypothesis that L-5HTP elevates corticosterone by enhancing neurotransmission through a serotoninergic pathway influencing ACTH release.”