The tryptophan depletion test: Impact on sleep in primary insomnia - A pilot study

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 129-135

  Riemann, Dieter ^a   Feige, Bernd ^a   Hornyak, Magdolna ^a   Koch, Stephanie ^a   Hohagen, Fritz ^b   Voderholzer, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

REM density; Serotonin; Sleep EEG

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEROTONIN; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SLEEP STAGES; SLEEP, REM; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0036211587     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(02)00010-0     Document Type: Article

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