Dietary tryptophan depletion according to body weight - A new treatment option in acute mania?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-48

  Zepf, Florian Daniel ^a   Wöckel, Lars ^a   Poustka, Fritz ^a   Holtmann, Martin ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN; VALPROIC ACID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DEPRESSION; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET THERAPY; HUMAN; MANIA; NEUROTRANSMISSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAPID TRYPTOPHAN DEPLETION TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 56249124206     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.06.046     Document Type: Article

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