Tryptophan Depletion Affects Heart Rate Variability and Impulsivity in Remitted Depressed Patients with a History of Suicidal Ideation

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 507-514

  Booij, Linda ^a   Swenne, Cees A ^b   Brosschot, Jos F ^a   Haffmans, P M Judith ^c   Thayer, Julian F ^d   Van der Does, A J Willem ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c PARNASSIA PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; cognition; depression; heart rate; serotonin; tryptophan depletion

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPLETION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEROTONIN; SUICIDE; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 33747873264     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.02.010     Document Type: Article

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