Effects of acute tryptophan depletion on affective processing in first-degree relatives of depressive patients and controls after exposure to uncontrollable stress

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-160

  Firk, Christine ^a   Markus, C Rob ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Family history; Major depression; Serotonin; Stress; Tryptophan depletion; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AFFECT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RELATIVE; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AMINO ACIDS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRYPTOPHAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 46649094558     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-008-1125-8     Document Type: Article

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