Effects of tryptophan depletion on anxiety and on panic provoked by carbon dioxide challenge

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 167-174

  Klaassen, Tineke ^a   Klumperbeek, Jurjen ^a   Deutz, Nicolaas E P ^a   Van Praag, Herman M ^a   Griez, Eric ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Carbon dioxide challenge; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID MIXTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVOUSNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; TENSION;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MALE; PANIC; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0032570962     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(98)00004-3     Document Type: Article

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