Do carbohydrates affect food intake via neurotransmitter activity?

Appetite

Volumn 11, Issue , 1988, Pages 42-47

  Wurtman, Richard J ^a   Wurtman, Judith J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FENFLURAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY;

ANIMAL; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY PROTEINS; EATING; FENFLURAMINE; HUMAN; NEUROTRANSMITTERS; RATS; SEROTONIN; TASTE; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0023713522     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6663(88)80045-X     Document Type: Article

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