Social behaviour and mood in everyday life: The effects of tryptophan in quarrelsome individuals

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 253-262

  Aan Het Rot, Marije ^a   Moskowitz, Debbie S ^a   Pinard, Gilbert ^a   Young, Simon N ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; AROUSAL; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY TESTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERAMENT; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 33746112695     PISSN: 11804882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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