The effects of tyrosine depletion in normal healthy volunteers: implications for unipolar depression
PsychopharmacologyPublished 1 January 2004
Andrew N. McLean, Judy Rubinsztein, Trevor W. Robbins, Barbara J. Sahakian
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Findings in the present study are consistent with the hypothesis that dopaminergic factors are particularly involved in disrupted affect/reward-based processing characteristic of clinical depression.
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These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that dopaminergic factors are particularly involved in disrupted affect/reward-based processing characteristic of clinical depression.
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