The effects of tryptophan depletion on cognitive and affective processing in healthy volunteers

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 42-53

  Murphy, F ^a   Smith, K ^b   Cowen, P ^b   Robbins, T ^c   Sahakian, B ^d  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Emotion; Executive function; Major depression; Serotonin; Tryptophan depletion

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; COGNITION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEROTONIN; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0036367355     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-002-1128-9     Document Type: Article

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