Tryptophan depletion in normal volunteers produces selective impairment in memory consolidation

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 362-369

  Riedel, Wim J ^a   Klaassen, Tineke ^a   Deutz, Nicolaas E P ^b   Van Someren, Astrid ^a   Van Praag, Herman M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognition disorders etiology; Competing amino acids; Memory disorders chemically induced; Serotonergic system; Serotonin biosynthesis; Tryptophan metabolism; Verbal learning

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID MIXTURE; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEPLETION; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RECALL; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; COGNITION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0032925362     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050845     Document Type: Article

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