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Acute tryptophan depletion in humans: a review of theoretical, practical and ethical aspects

scientific article

Alcohol in a social context: findings from event-contingent recording studies of everyday social interactions

scientific article published on 22 January 2008

An amino acid mixture deficient in phenylalanine and tyrosine reduces cerebrospinal fluid catecholamine metabolites and alcohol consumption in vervet monkeys

scientific article published on 01 March 1998

Antidepressant effects of botulinum toxin A: scientific rationale; Author Response

scientific article published on September 1, 2013

Anxiety, emotional security and the interpersonal behavior of individuals with social anxiety disorder

scientific article published on 12 May 2010

Appropriate amino acid mixtures for tryptophan depletion and tyrosine/phenylalanine depletion and the safety of long-term amino acid depletion in humans

scientific article published on August 13, 2013

Association of the promoter polymorphism -1438G/A of the 5-HT2A receptor gene with behavioral impulsiveness and serotonin function in women with bulimia nervosa

scientific article published in August 2005

Biologic effects of mindfulness meditation: growing insights into neurobiologic aspects of the prevention of depression

scientific article published on March 1, 2011

Brain serotonin synthesis in MDMA (ecstasy) polydrug users: an alpha-[(11) C]methyl-l-tryptophan study

scientific article published on 21 August 2014

Bright light exposure during acute tryptophan depletion prevents a lowering of mood in mildly seasonal women

scientific article published on 19 June 2007

Bright light for nonseasonal depression?

scientific article published on September 1, 2011

Bulimia nervosa with co-morbid avoidant personality disorder: behavioural characteristics and serotonergic function.

scientific article

Cerebrospinal Fluid Measurements Suggest Precursor Availability and Sex Are Involved in the Control of Biogenic Amine Metabolism in a Primate

scientific article published on June 1, 1984

Citalopram for the prevention of depression and its consequences in HIV-hepatitis C coinfected individuals initiating pegylated interferon/ribavirin therapy: a multicenter randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial.

scientific article

Cortical trapping of alpha-[(11)C]methyl-l-tryptophan, an index of serotonin synthesis, is lower in females than males

scientific article published on 22 September 2006

Decreasing amphetamine-induced dopamine release by acute phenylalanine/tyrosine depletion: A PET/[11C]raclopride study in healthy men.

scientific article published in February 2004

Differential Response to Intraoral Sucrose, Quinine and Corn Oil in Crying Human Newborns

scientific article published on 01 August 1997

Eating a meal is associated with elevations in agreeableness and reductions in dominance and submissiveness

scientific article published on 12 March 2015

Effect of Oral Melatonin Administration on Melatonin, 5-Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid, Indoleacetic Acid, and Cyclic Nucleotides in Human Cerebrospinal Fluid

scientific article published on July 1, 1984

Effect of chronic chlorpromazine administration of prior treatment with reserpine on brain apomorphine concentrations and apomorphine-induced sterotyped behaviour in the rat

scientific article published on May 15, 1977

Effect of folic acid and vitamin B12 deficiencies on 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid in human cerebrspinal fluid

scientific article published on November 1, 1982

Effects of Familiarity and Feeding on Newborn Speech-Voice Recognition

Effects of L-histidine depletion and L-tyrosine/L-phenylalanine depletion on sensory and motor processes in healthy volunteers.

scientific article published on May 2009

Effects of chewing gum on responses to routine painful procedures in children

scientific article published in July 2003

Effects of opioid blockade on the modulation of pain and mood by sweet taste and blood pressure in young adults

scientific article

Elevated incidence of suicide in people living at altitude, smokers and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma: possible role of hypoxia causing decreased serotonin synthesis

scientific article

Estrogen administration negatively alters mood following monoaminergic depletion and psychosocial stress in postmenopausal women

scientific article published on 15 August 2007

Estrogen treatment impairs cognitive performance after psychosocial stress and monoamine depletion in postmenopausal women

scientific article

Exposure to bright light is associated with positive social interaction and good mood over short time periods: A naturalistic study in mildly seasonal people

scientific article published in February 2007

Factors Determining the Diurnal Variation in Progesterone-Induced Gonadotropin Release in the Ovariectomized Rat*

scientific article published on 01 July 1980

Fetal exposure to androgens, as indicated by digit ratios (2D:4D), increases men’s agreeableness with women

Implications of compulsive and impulsive traits for serotonin status in women with bulimia nervosa

scientific article published on October 2003

Impulsive behaviour in interpersonal encounters: associations with quarrelsomeness and agreeableness

scientific article published on 7 March 2014

Increasing blood oxygen increases an index of 5-HT synthesis in human brain as measured using alpha-[(11)C]methyl-L-tryptophan and positron emission tomography

scientific article

Indoleamine Metabolism in Rat Brain Studied Through Measurements of Tryptophan, 5-Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid, and Indoleacetic Acid in Cerebrospinal Fluid

scientific article published on 01 February 1980

Interpersonal functioning in adolescent offspring of parents with bipolar disorder

scientific article published on 9 August 2008

Intrafamilial correspondences on platelet [3H-]paroxetine-binding indices in bulimic probands and their unaffected first-degree relatives

scientific article published on 11 January 2006

Lack of effect of acute dopamine precursor depletion in nicotine-dependent smokers

scholarly article by Kevin F. Casey et al published October 2006 in European Neuropsychopharmacology

Lack of effects on core obsessive-compulsive symptoms of tryptophan depletion during symptom provocation in remitted obsessive-compulsive disorder patients

scientific article

Laxative misuse and behavioral disinhibition in bulimia nervosa

scientific article published in January 2003

Liver and brain tryptophan metabolism following hydrocortisone administration to rats and gerbils

scientific article published on February 1, 1975

Mechanism of decline in rat brain 5-hydroxytryptamine after induction of liver tryptophan pyrrolase by hydrocortisone: roles of tryptophan catabolism and kynurenine synthesis

scientific article published on November 1, 1981

Melatonin in human cerebrospinal fluid in daytime; Its origin and variation with age

scientific article published on September 11, 1979

Methodology and interpretation of acute tryptophan depletion studies

scientific article published on 11 November 2013

My 21 years with the Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, with observations on editors, editorial boards, authors and reviewers

scientific article published on July 1, 2011

Parallel variation of ventricular CSF tryptophan and free serum tryptophan in man

scientific article published on January 1, 1976

Possible directions for the discovery of new antidepressant

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Possible role of more positive social behaviour in the clinical effect of antidepressant drugs

scientific article published on January 2014

Precursors and metabolites of phenylethylamine, m and p-tyramine and tryptamine in human lumbar and cisternal cerebrospinal fluid

scientific article published on July 1, 1982

Rapid tryptophan depletion as a treatment for acute mania: safety and mechanism of the therapeutic effect

scientific article published in November 2008

Recognizing emotions in faces: effects of acute tryptophan depletion and bright light

scientific article published on 25 November 2009

Relationships between kinetic properties and structure of caeruloplasmin substrates

scientific article published on March 1, 1971

Relationships between tryptophan in serum and CSF, and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid in CSF of man: effect of cirrhosis of liver and probenecid administration

scientific article published on April 1, 1975

Salivary cortisol and interpersonal functioning: An event-contingent recording study in the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder

scientific article published on 04 November 2012

Serotonergic contribution to boys' behavioral regulation

scientific article (publication date: 2011)

Single treatments that have lasting effects: some thoughts on the antidepressant effects of ketamine and botulinum toxin and the anxiolytic effect of psilocybin

scientific article published on March 1, 2013

Stress and depressed mood in medical students, law students, and graduate students at McGill University

scientific article published on August 1, 1997

Studies on kynurenine in human cerebrospinal fluid: Lowered levels in epilepsy

scientific article published on 01 January 1983

Sweet taste and blood pressure-related analgesia

scientific article published on 01 November 2003

The 5HTTLPR polymorphism, psychopathologic symptoms, and platelet [3H-] paroxetine binding in bulimic syndromes

scientific article published in January 2005

The Origin of Indoleacetic Acid and Indolepropionic Acid in Rat and Human Cerebrospinal Fluid

scientific article published on 01 May 1980

The effect of acute tryptophan depletion on mood and impulsivity in polydrug ecstasy users

scientific article published on 19 October 2013

The effect of raising and lowering tryptophan levels on human mood and social behaviour

scientific article

The influence of light administration on interpersonal behavior and affect in people with mild to moderate seasonality

scientific article published on 14 September 2013

The role of dopamine in alcohol self-administration in humans: individual differences

scientific article published on 25 March 2008

Thiamine deficiency and cerebrospinal fluid 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid: a preliminary study

scientific article published on August 1, 1982

Treatment of Mental Disorders

scientific article published on March 2, 1979

Tryptophan Availability and the Control of 5-Hydroxytryptamine and Tryptamine Synthesis in Human CNS

scientific article published on January 1, 1981

Tryptophan and inhibitors of tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase as antidepressants

scientific article published in February 2014

Tryptophan and interpersonal spin