Comparison of 50- and 100-g L-tryptophan depletion and loading formulations for altering 5-HT synthesis: Pharmacokinetics, side effects, and mood states

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 431-445

  Dougherty, Donald M ^a   Marsh Richard, Dawn M ^a   Mathias, Charles W ^a   Hood, Ashley J ^b   Addicott, Merideth A ^c   Moeller, F Gerard ^d   Morgan, Christopher J ^e   Badawy, Abdulla A B ^f  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^f CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competing amino acids; Depletion; Human; L Tryptophan; Mood; Serotonin; Side effects; Time course

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 44249116841     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-008-1163-2     Document Type: Article

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