Serotonergic neurotransmission and lapses of attention in children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Availability of tryptophan influences attentional performance

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 933-941

  Zepf, Florian D ^a,b,c   Gaber, Tilman J ^a,b   Baurmann, David ^a,b   Bubenzer, Sarah ^a,b   Konrad, Kerstin ^a,b   Herpertz Dahlmann, Beate ^a,b   Stadler, Christina ^c   Poustka, Fritz ^c   Wöckel, Lars ^a,c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JARA TRANSLATIONAL BRAIN MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADHD; lapses of attention; phasic alertness; RTD; serotonin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; MOJA DE; PHENYLALANINE; PLACEBO; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAPID TRYPTOPHAN DEPLETION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; SHAM PROCEDURE; TURNOVER TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MALE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGENTS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 77957239180     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S146114571000012X     Document Type: Article

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