Reduced serotonergic functioning changes heart rate in ADHD

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-108

  Zepf, Florian Daniel ^a   Holtmann, M ^a   Stadler, C ^a   Wockel L ^a   Poustka, F ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADHD; Aggression; Heart rate; Impulsivity; Physiological arousal; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; VALINE;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FUNCTION TEST; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; RAPID TRYPTOPHAN DEPLETION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 62949153589     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-008-0146-0     Document Type: Article

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