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Tryptophan depletion and depressive vulnerability.

Biological psychiatry - 15 Aug 1999

Moreno F A, Gelenberg A J, Heninger G R, Potter R L, McKnight K M, Allen J, Phillips A P, Delgado P L

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BACKGROUND: Rapid and transient depletion of tryptophan (TRP) causes a brief depressive relapse in most patients successfully treated with and taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, but little change in drug-free, symptomatic depressed patients. This study investigates the effects of TRP...

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PMID: 10459399
DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3223(99)00095-5

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