Neurotransmitters as food supplements: The effects of GABA on brain and behavior

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue OCT, 2015, Pages

  Boonstra, Evert ^a,b   de Kleijn, Roy ^a,b   Colzato, Lorenza S ^a,b   Alkemade, Anneke ^c   Forstmann, Birte U ^c,d   Nieuwenhuis, Sander ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Cognition; Enteric nervous system; Food supplements; GABA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947251366     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01520     Document Type: Short Survey

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