Specificity of the tryptophan depletion method

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 279-286

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

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Lysine; Memory; Mood; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

LYSINE; PLACEBO; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYSINE; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRYPTOPHAN; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0032968171     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050835     Document Type: Article

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