Serotonergic 'vulnerability' in affective disorder: A study of the tryptophan depletion test and relationships between peripheral and central serotonin indexes in citalopram-responders

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 374-380

  Aberg Wistedt A ^a   Hasselmark, L ^a   Stain Malmgren, R ^a   Aperia B ^a   Kjellman, B F ^a   Mathe A A ^a  

^a ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Depression; Prolactin; Serotonin receptors; Tryptophan depletion

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; HYDROCORTISONE; PROLACTIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEROTONIN UPTAKE; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION;

EID: 0031920874     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb10017.x     Document Type: Article

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