Effects of tryptophan depletion in fully remitted patients with seasonal affective disorder during summer

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 257-264

  Neumeister, A ^a   Praschak Rieder, N ^b   Hesselmann, B ^b   Vitouch, O ^b   Rauh, M ^b   Barocka, A ^b   Kasper, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; REMISSION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SUMMER; TIME; WINTER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0031969269     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291797006375     Document Type: Article

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