Publications, laboratory notebooks, files, correspondence, presentations, and microscope slides which document Dr. Arthur Yuwiler's research on tryptophan metabolism, and serotonin and melatonin relations to stress, autism, and violence, as well as schizophrenia research with Ralph W. Gerard.

Yuwiler (1927-2012), who received his Ph.D. from UCLA in 1956, served as Chief of the Neurobiochemistry Research Laboratory, West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center; was a member of the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and of the Brain Research Institute; and was a founding member of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology.

6 Linear Feet (15 boxes)

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