Effects of tryptophan depletion on drug-free patients with seasonal affective disorder during a stable response to bright light therapy

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-138

  Neumeister, Alexander ^a   Praschah Rieder, Nicole ^b   Heßelmann, Barbara ^c   Rao, Marie Luise ^c   Glück, Judith ^a   Kasper, Siegfried ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; WINTER;

EID: 0031037644     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1997.01830140043008     Document Type: Article

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