Serotonergic function, substance craving, and psychopathology in detoxified alcohol-addicted males undergoing tryptophan depletion

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1163-1169

  Wedekind, Dirk ^a   Herchenhein, Thomas ^a   Kirchhainer, Julia ^b   Bandelow, Borwin ^a   Falkai, Peter ^a,c   Engel, Kirsten ^a   Malchow, Berend ^a   Havemann Reinecke, Ursula ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c InnerEarLab   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute tryptophan depletion; Alcohol addiction; Anxiety; Craving; Depression

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ADRENALIN; AMINO ACID; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TRYPTOPHAN;

ACUTE TRYPTOPHAN DEPLETION; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALCOHOLISM; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANXIETY; APATHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DETOXIFICATION; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOPAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; URINARY EXCRETION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMINO ACIDS; ANXIETY; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; HUMANS; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; TRYPTOPHAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649707819     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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