The role of serotonin in human mood and social interaction: Insight from altered tryptophan levels

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 857-865

  Young, Simon N ^a   Leyton, Marco ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Depression; Dominance; Serotonin; Social interaction; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; IRRITABILITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TRYPTOPHAN BRAIN LEVEL;

EID: 0036121369     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(01)00670-0     Document Type: Review

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