Decreased blood serotonin in the premenstrual phase enhances negative mood in healthy women

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 83-89

  Kikuchi, Hiromi ^a   Nakatani, Yasushi ^a   Seki, Yoshinari ^a   Yu, Xinjun ^a   Sekiyama, Tamami ^a   Sato Suzuki, Ikuko ^a   Arita, Hideho ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mood; Oestrogen; Premenstrual syndrome; Progesterone; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SYNAPSE;

ADULT; AFFECT; BRAIN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMANS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PROGESTERONE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEROTONIN;

EID: 77952167005     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: 17438942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01674821003770606     Document Type: Article

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