Lack of Effect of tyrosine depletion on mood in recovered depressed women

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 786-791

  McTavish, Sarah F B ^a   Mannie, Zola N ^a   Harmer, Catherine J ^a   Cowen, Philip J ^a  

^a WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Dopamine; Spatial memory; Tyrosine depletion

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PHENYLALANINE; PROLACTIN; TYROSINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL TASK; MOOD; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECOGNITION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AFFECT; AMINO ACIDS, NEUTRAL; BRAIN; COGNITION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOPAMINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOOD, FORMULATED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHENYLALANINE; PROLACTIN; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TYROSINE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 15444375858     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300665     Document Type: Article

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