The effect of acute tryptophan depletion on performance and the BOLD response during a Stroop task in healthy first-degree relatives of patients with unipolar depression

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-58

  A T Evers, Elisabeth ^a   M van der Veen, Frederik ^b   Jolles, Jelle ^a   E P Deutz, Nicolaas ^c   A J Schmitt, Jeroen ^d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Family history of depression; Functional MRI; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MOOD; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AFFECT; COGNITION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRYPTOPHAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349237893     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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