Low-Dose Tryptophan Depletion

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 542-543

  Merens, Wendelien ^a   van der Does, Willem ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID MIXTURE; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ACCURACY; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; LETTER; MEMORY; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; RELAPSE; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SLEEP;

BRAIN CHEMISTRY; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; HUMANS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 34548027091     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.09.024     Document Type: Letter

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