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Article: Urinary neurotransmitters: testing to optimize treatment based upon a clinical diagnosis.(Clinical report)
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- Townsend Letter
- Article date:
- January 1, 2009
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Introduction
Diseases as seemingly diverse as restless leg syndrome, insomnia, depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and carbohydrate food cravings may reflect underlying imbalances or inadequacies in neurotransmitters. While every aspect of this hypothesis is not fully investigated, neurotransmitter deficiency states are not fully investigated, neurotransmitter deficiency states are not mere academic theory. They represent information for everyday use clinical practice! The biochemistry shown in Figure 1 shows how neurotransmitters are synthesized from amino acids. The two pathways interact with each other in ways that are currently under ...