Tryptophan depletion, executive functions, and disinhibition in aggressive, adolescent males

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 333-341

  LeMarquand, David G ^a   Pihl, Robert O ^a   Young, Simon N ^a   Tremblay, Richard E ^b   Séguin, Jean R ^b   Palmour, Roberta M ^a   Benkelfat, Chawki ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Disinhibition; Executive functions; Impulsivity; Serotonin; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPLETION; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; COGNITION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; QUEBEC; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0031751852     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-133X(98)00029-3     Document Type: Article

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