The tryptophan depletion paradigm. Methods and clinical relevance;Der Tryptophandepletionstest. Grundlagen und klinische Relevanz

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Volumn 68, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 556-562

  Neumeister, A ^a,b   Praschak Rieder, N ^a   Hesselmann B ^a   Tauscher, J ^a   Kasper, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; serotonin; tryptophan depletion

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRYPTOPHAN;

DEPLETION; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; REVIEW;

BRAIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0030854527     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001150050160     Document Type: Review

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