No effect of acute tryptophan depletion on verbal declarative memory in young persons with ADHD

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 133-141

  Zepf, F D ^a,b,c,d   Landgraf, M ^d   Biskup, C S ^a,b,c   Dahmen, B ^a   Poustka, F ^d   Wockel L ^d,e   Stadler, C ^d,f  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c JARA TRANSLATIONAL BRAIN MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e Clienia Littenheid AG   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ADHD; AVLT; Learning; Memory; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID MIXTURE; NICOTINIC ACID; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; DEPLETION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROACTIVE INHIBITION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TRYPTOPHAN DEPLETION; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADHD; AVLT; LEARNING; MEMORY; SEROTONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIET THERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; REACTION TIME; SEROTONIN; SEX FACTORS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRYPTOPHAN; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84880131942     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.12089     Document Type: Article

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