Mood response to acute tryptophan depletion in healthy volunteers: Sex differences and temporal stability

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 465-474

  Ellenbogen, Mark A ^a   Young, Simon N ^a   Dean, Peggy ^a   Palmour, Roberta M ^a   Benkelfat, Chawki ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depression; Mood; Serotonin; Troptophan depletion; Women

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX;

EID: 0030296721     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-133X(96)00056-5     Document Type: Article

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