The effects of acute tryptophan depletion on neuropsychological function, mood and movement in the healthy elderly

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1337-1343

  MacE, Janet L ^a   Porter, Richard J ^b,c   Dalrymple Alford, John C ^b,c,d   Wesnes, Keith A ^e   Anderson, Tim J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c Van der Veer Institute   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^e UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Mood; serotonin; tryptophan depletion

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; MOOD; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE; WORKING MEMORY;

AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 82955241384     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881110389094     Document Type: Article

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