The effects of acute tryptophan depletion on costly information sampling: Impulsivity or aversive processing?

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 587-597

  Crockett, M J ^a,b   Clark, L ^a,b   Smillie, L D ^c   Robbins, T W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Aversive processing; Behavioural inhibition; Decision making; Depression; Impulsivity; Punishment; Serotonin; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; ANXIETY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MENTAL PROCESSES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SELF REPORT; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 84856675911     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-011-2577-9     Document Type: Article

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