A dose-finding study on the effects of branch chain amino acids on surrogate markers of brain dopamine function

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 192-197

  Gijsman, Harm J ^a   Scarnà, Antonina ^a   Harmer, Catherine J ^a   McTavish, Sarah F ^a   Odontiadis, John ^a   Cowen, Philip J ^a   Goodwin, Guy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Branch chain amino acid; Dopamine; Tyrosine depletion

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; DOPAMINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLACTIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE MARKER; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOGNITION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOPAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHENYLALANINE; PROLACTIN; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

EID: 0036192573     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-001-0970-5     Document Type: Article

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