Impulsiveness and the prolactin response to d-fenfluramine

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-152

  Evans, Jonathan ^a   Platts, Helen ^a   Lightman, Stafford ^b   Nutt, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

d Fenfluramine; Impulsiveness; Personality; Prolactin; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

DEXFENFLURAMINE; NORFENFLURAMINE; PROLACTIN; SEROTONIN 1 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RATING SCALE; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

EID: 0034007112     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002139900361     Document Type: Article

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