Effects of an acute α-lactalbumin manipulation on mood and food hedonics in high- and low-trait anxiety individuals

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 595-602

  Verschoor, Ellen ^a   Finlayson, Graham ^b   Blundell, John ^b   Markus, C Rob ^a   King, Neil A ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lactalbumin; Food hedonics; Mood; Serotonin; Stress; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; CASEIN; SEROTONIN; LACTALBUMIN;

ANXIETY DISORDER; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; STRESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; BLOOD; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; COMPUTER; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; BODY MASS INDEX; COMPUTERS; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; LACTALBUMIN; MALE; SEROTONIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956194795     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510000838     Document Type: Article

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