Effects of rapid tryptophan depletion in patients with seasonal affective disorder in remission after light therapy

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-44

  Lam, Raymond W ^a   Zis, Athanosios P ^a   Grewal, Arvinder ^a   Delgado, Pedro L ^b   Charney, Dennis S ^c   Krystal, John H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; WINTER;

EID: 0030024375     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1996.01830010043007     Document Type: Article

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