Cognitive effects of acute tryptophan depletion in the healthy elderly

Acta Neuropsychiatrica

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 78-86

  Mace, Janet ^a   Porter, Richard ^a   O'Brien, John ^b   Gallagher, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Depression; Memory; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; CYSTEINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE HYDROCHLORIDE; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE; PLACEBO; PROLINE; SERINE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN DEPLETION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SCORING SYSTEM; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 41049096252     PISSN: 09242708     EISSN: 16015215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5215.2008.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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