Effects of tryptophan loading on human cognition, mood, and sleep

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 387-407

  Silber, B Y ^a   Schmitt, J A J ^a,b  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognition; Memory; Mood; Serotonin; Sleep; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; PHENYLALANINE; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

ANGER; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; DOSE RESPONSE; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MECHANISM; EVENING DOSAGE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LETHARGY; LONG TERM MEMORY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOOD; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; TREATMENT DURATION; TRYPTOPHAN BRAIN LEVEL; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

AFFECT; ANIMALS; COGNITION; HUMANS; SLEEP; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 72449202629     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2009.08.005     Document Type: Review

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