Time series fMRI measures detect changes in pontine raphé following acute tryptophan depletion

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 112-121

  Salomon, Ronald M ^a,b   Cowan, Ronald L ^a,b,c   Rogers, Baxter P ^a,b   Dietrich, Mary S ^a,c   Bauernfeind, Amy Lynn ^d   Kessler, Robert M ^a,c   Gore, John C ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Oscillometry; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RAPHE NUCLEUS; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WAKEFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DIET; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYGEN; PONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; TRYPTOPHAN; WAVELET ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751701239     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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