Behavioral disinhibition induced by tryptophan depletion in nonalcoholic young men with multigenerational family histories of paternal alcoholism

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 156, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1771-1779

  LeMarquand, David G ^b   Benkelfat, Chawki ^a   Pihl, Robert O ^b   Palmour, Roberta M ^b   Young, Simon N ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FAMILY HISTORY; FATHER; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; FAMILY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SEROTONIN; SMOKING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0032744395     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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