Effects of tryptophan depletion and tryptophan loading on the affective response to high-dose CO 2 challenge in healthy volunteers

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 215, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 739-748

  Colasanti, Alessandro ^a,b   Esquivel, Gabriel ^a   Den Boer, Erik ^a   Horlings, Annerieke ^a   Dandachi, Abdul ^a   Oostwegel, Jeff L ^c   Van Donkelaar, Eva L ^a   Griez, Eric J ^a   Schruers, Koen ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Service Pharmacy   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

5 HT; Anxiety; Carbon dioxide; CO 2 challenge; Fear; Hypercapnia; Panic; Respiration; Stress; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; TRYPTOPHAN; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PANIC; PANIC SYMPTOM LIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE FOR AFFECT; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HYPERCAPNIA; METABOLISM; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; MALE; PANIC DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 80052935349     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-011-2177-8     Document Type: Article

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