Acute tryptophan depletion selectively attenuates cardiac slowing in an Eriksen flanker task

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1455-1463

  Van Der Veen, F M ^a   Evers, E A T ^b   Mies, G W ^a   Vuurman, E F P M ^b   Jolles, J ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

acute tryptophan depletion; Eriksen flanker task; ERN; ERP; error detection; heart rate; serotonin

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ERIKSEN FLANKER TASK; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOOD CHANGE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; TENSION; TRYPTOPHAN BRAIN LEVEL;

ADULT; COGNITION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SEROTONIN; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRYPTOPHAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958020154     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881109103801     Document Type: Article

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