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Dietary Tryptophan Reverses Alcohol‐induced Impairment of Facial Recognition But Not Verbal Recall
Author(s) -
Westrick Edward R.,
Shapiro Allan P.,
Nathan Peter E.,
Brick John
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
alcoholism: clinical and experimental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 153
eISSN - 1530-0277
pISSN - 0145-6008
DOI - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1988.tb00237.x
Subject(s) - memory impairment , recall , cognitive impairment , tryptophan , serotonin , psychology , alcohol , medicine , developmental psychology , audiology , neuroscience , clinical psychology , psychiatry , cognition , cognitive psychology , biology , biochemistry , receptor , amino acid
The present study demonstrates that alcohol‐induced memory impairment can be attenuated by pretreatment with an oral tryptophan supplementation. These results provide support for the role of a brain serotonin deficit in this impairment and highlight the impact a dietary manipulation can have on a complex behavioral process.