Free L-tryptophan plasma levels in antisocial violent offenders

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 395-400

  Tiihonen, J ^a   Virkkunen, M ^a   Rasanen P ^a   Pennanen, S ^a   Sainio, E L ^a   Callaway, J ^a   Halonen, P ^a   Liesivuori, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aggression; Antisocial; Kynurenine; Tryptophan; Violence

Indexed keywords

ISOLEUCINE; KYNURENINE; LEUCINE; PHENYLALANINE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CRIME; HUMANS; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; KYNURENINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0034773997     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130100842     Document Type: Article

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