Tryptophan depletion: A predictor of future depressive episodes in seasonal affective disorder?

International Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 313-315

  Neumeister, A ^a   Habeler, A ^a   Praschak Rieder, N ^a   Willeit, M ^a   Kasper, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Longitudinal course of illness; Prediction of future episodes; Seasonal affective disorder; Serotonin; Tryptophan depletion

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

EID: 0033303307     PISSN: 02681315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004850-199914050-00006     Document Type: Article

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