Reconciling the role of serotonin in behavioral inhibition and aversion: Acute tryptophan depletion abolishes punishment-induced inhibition in humans

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 38, 2009, Pages 11993-11999

  Crockett, Molly J ^a   Clark, Luke ^a   Robbins, Trevor W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PUNISHMENT; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PUNISHMENT; REACTION TIME; SEROTONIN; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 70349321523     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2513-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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