Plasma amino acid ratios related to brain serotonin synthesis in response to food intake in bulimia nervosa

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 659-668

  Pijl, Hanno ^a   Cohen, Adam F ^b   Verkes, Robbert J ^a   Koppeschaar, Hans P F ^c   Iestra, Jolein A ^a   Schoemaker, Hendrik C ^b   Frölich, Marijke ^a   Onkenhout, Willem ^a   Meinders, A Edo ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE FOR HUMAN DRUG RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amino acids; bulimia nervosa; carbohydrate; food preferences; serotonin

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FLUOXETINE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PROTEIN; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN; BULIMIA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY PROTEINS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; FOOD HABITS; HUMAN; INSULIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0028806480     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)00043-7     Document Type: Article

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