Intensity dependence of auditory evoked potentials (AEPs) as biological marker for cerebral serotonin levels: Effects of tryptophan depletion in healthy subjects

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 101-107

  Dierks, Thomas ^a,b   Barta, Stefan ^a   Demisch, Lothar ^a   Schmeck, Klaus ^a   Englert, Ekkehart ^a   Kewitz, Andrea ^a   Maurer, Konrad ^a   Poustka, Fritz ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Auditory evoked potentials; Dipole analysis; Electroencephalography; Serotonin; Tryptophan depletion

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0032862382     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130051094     Document Type: Article

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