Plasma Amino Acid Levels Discriminate Between Control Subjects and Mildly Depressed Elderly Women

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 375-382

  Mayoral Mariles, Adriana ^a   Cruz Revilla, Carmen ^a   Vega Manriquez, Xochitl ^a   Aguirre Hernández, Rebeca ^b   Severiano Pérez, Patricia ^a   Aburto Arciniega, Eric ^a   Jiménez Mendoza, Araceli ^a   Guevara Guzmán, Rosalinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Depression; L arginine; L glutamic acid; Nitric oxide; Olfactory functions

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CITRULLINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; METHIONINE; NITRITE; PHENYLALANINE; TYROSINE; VALINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; RISK FACTOR; SMELLING; SMELLING DISORDER;

AGED; AMINO ACIDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NITRITES; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SMELL;

EID: 84866182169     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: 18735487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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