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5-hydroxytryptophan and Mood Disorders

5-hydroxytryptophan has been researched along with Mood Disorders in 7 studies

5-Hydroxytryptophan: The immediate precursor in the biosynthesis of SEROTONIN from tryptophan. It is used as an antiepileptic and antidepressant.
5-hydroxytryptophan : A tryptophan derivative that is tryptophan substituted by a hydroxy group at position 5.

Mood Disorders: Those disorders that have a disturbance in mood as their predominant feature.

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
"Serum cortisol levels were significantly increased following administration of 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP), 200 mg orally, to patients with affective disorders."9.05Effect of 5-hydroxytryptophan on serum cortisol levels in major affective disorders. III. Effect of antidepressants and lithium carbonate. ( Goodnick, P; Lowy, M; Meltzer, HY; Perline, R; Robertson, A, 1984)
"Serum cortisol levels were significantly higher after administration of 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP), 200 mg orally, in unmedicated patients with affective disorders than in controls."9.05Effect of 5-hydroxytryptophan on serum cortisol levels in major affective disorders. II. Relation to suicide, psychosis, and depressive symptoms. ( Lowy, M; Meltzer, HY; Perline, R; Robertson, A; Tricou, BJ, 1984)
"Serum cortisol levels were significantly increased following administration of 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP), 200 mg orally, to patients with affective disorders."5.05Effect of 5-hydroxytryptophan on serum cortisol levels in major affective disorders. III. Effect of antidepressants and lithium carbonate. ( Goodnick, P; Lowy, M; Meltzer, HY; Perline, R; Robertson, A, 1984)
"Serum cortisol levels were significantly higher after administration of 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP), 200 mg orally, in unmedicated patients with affective disorders than in controls."5.05Effect of 5-hydroxytryptophan on serum cortisol levels in major affective disorders. II. Relation to suicide, psychosis, and depressive symptoms. ( Lowy, M; Meltzer, HY; Perline, R; Robertson, A; Tricou, BJ, 1984)

Research

Studies (7)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19904 (57.14)18.7374
1990's0 (0.00)18.2507
2000's1 (14.29)29.6817
2010's2 (28.57)24.3611
2020's0 (0.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Popper, CW1
Eriksson, O2
Wall, A2
Olsson, U1
Marteinsdottir, I2
Holstad, M1
Ågren, H2
Hartvig, P2
Långström, B2
Naessén, T2
Blomqvist, G1
Meltzer, HY4
Lowy, M3
Robertson, A2
Goodnick, P1
Perline, R2
Tricou, BJ2
Umberköman-Wiita, B1
Robertson, AG1

Reviews

2 reviews available for 5-hydroxytryptophan and Mood Disorders

ArticleYear
Mood disorders in youth: exercise, light therapy, and pharmacologic complementary and integrative approaches.
    Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America, 2013, Volume: 22, Issue:3

    Topics: 5-Hydroxytryptophan; Adolescent; Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation; Carbidopa; Child; Complem

2013
Serotonergic function in the affective disorders: the effect of antidepressants and lithium on the 5-hydroxytryptophan-induced increase in serum cortisol.
    Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1984, Volume: 430

    Topics: 5-Hydroxytryptophan; Antidepressive Agents; Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic; Bipolar Disorder; Depr

1984

Trials

2 trials available for 5-hydroxytryptophan and Mood Disorders

ArticleYear
Effect of 5-hydroxytryptophan on serum cortisol levels in major affective disorders. III. Effect of antidepressants and lithium carbonate.
    Archives of general psychiatry, 1984, Volume: 41, Issue:4

    Topics: 5-Hydroxytryptophan; Antidepressive Agents; Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic; Bipolar Disorder; Depr

1984
Effect of 5-hydroxytryptophan on serum cortisol levels in major affective disorders. II. Relation to suicide, psychosis, and depressive symptoms.
    Archives of general psychiatry, 1984, Volume: 41, Issue:4

    Topics: 5-Hydroxytryptophan; Bipolar Disorder; Depressive Disorder; Humans; Hydrocortisone; Mood Disorders;

1984

Other Studies

3 other studies available for 5-hydroxytryptophan and Mood Disorders

ArticleYear
Women with Premenstrual Dysphoria Lack the Seemingly Normal Premenstrual Right-Sided Relative Dominance of 5-HTP-Derived Serotonergic Activity in the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortices - A Possible Cause of Disabling Mood Symptoms.
    PloS one, 2016, Volume: 11, Issue:9

    Topics: 5-Hydroxytryptophan; Female; Humans; Mood Disorders; Positron-Emission Tomography; Prefrontal Cortex

2016
Mood changes correlate to changes in brain serotonin precursor trapping in women with premenstrual dysphoria.
    Psychiatry research, 2006, Mar-31, Volume: 146, Issue:2

    Topics: 5-Hydroxytryptophan; Brain; Caudate Nucleus; Female; Functional Laterality; Humans; Mood Disorders;

2006
Correction and amplification: cortisol response to 5-HTP.
    Archives of general psychiatry, 1986, Volume: 43, Issue:8

    Topics: 5-Hydroxytryptophan; Humans; Hydrocortisone; Mood Disorders

1986