Examines the three chemicals that make up aspartame and what they do when broken down in the body. Learn if aspartame is safe.

ATP fact sheet details the chemical's metabolism, receptors, P2 receptors, and the diseases involving ATP.

Learn how the chemical adenosine promotes sleep, and find out how this relates to the stimulating effects of caffeine.

Concise overview of ATP covers its role in photosynthesis, muscle contraction, the synthesis of proteins, and as a neurotransmitter.

Abstract from a "British Journal of Psychiatry Supplement" article on the possible involvement of glutamate in schizophrenia.

Guide to ATP's role as nature's energy supplier, its chemical structure, how the hormone works, and the phosphorus cycle.

Find an abstract of a journal article on oxytocin's effect on the development of tolerance to drugs, including morphine and cocaine.

Summary of preliminary research on plasma oxytocin levels in healthy women and the connection to emotion and interpersonal distress.

Learn about a study, by researchers at U.C. San Francisco, indicating that oxytocin may have a role in the maintenance of relationships.

Abstract examines the implications for antidepressant drug action in 2-Phenylethylamine-induced changes in catecholamine receptor density.

Guide to the nine amino acid peptide covers its physiologic effects and the control of its secretion. Includes an illustration of oxytocin.

Abstract of a study which found that chronic fluoxetine inhibits sexual behavior in the male rat, but that oxytocin reverses these symptoms.

Scan an abstract from the "Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience" on phenylethylamine as an antidepressant.

Publication dedicated to research on biological causes of criminal behaviors presents an article linking vasopressin to aggressive behavior.

Peruse the entry on adenosine triphosphate in "A Dictionary of Biology," from Oxford University Press.