Relationships of plasma tryptophan availability to course of illness and clinical features of alcoholism: A preliminary study

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 380-384

  Swann, Alan C ^c   Johnson, Bankole A ^b   Cloninger, C Robert ^a   Chen, Y Richard ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Age of onset; Alcoholism; Anxiety; Depression; Impulse; Serotonin (5 HT); Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHORIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN RELEASE;

AGE OF ONSET; ALCOHOLISM; AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0000008901     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050962     Document Type: Article

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