The effects of acute tryptophan depletion on mood in patients with Parkinsons disease and the healthy elderly

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 615-619

  MacE, J L ^a,b   Porter, R J ^a   Dalrymple Alford, J C ^b,c   Anderson, T J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Van der Veer Institute   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acute tryptophan depletion; Depression; Mood; Parkinsons disease; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; BENZATROPINE; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; CILAZAPRIL; DOMPERIDONE; FRUMIL; PERGOLIDE; ROTIGOTINE; SELEGILINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ACUTE TRYPTOPHAN DEPLETION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; MOOD CHANGE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SEROTONIN RELEASE;

AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PLACEBO EFFECT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEROTONIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 77950423507     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881109105572     Document Type: Article

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