The effects of a diet enriched with a-lactalbumin on mood and cortisol response in unmedicated recovered depressed subjects and controls
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Wendelien Merens, Linda Booij, Rob Markus, Frans G. Zitman, Willem Onkenhout and A.J. Willem Van der Does* Department of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands Department of Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands Department of Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands Department of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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The effects of a diet enriched with alpha-lactalbumin on mood and cortisol response in unmedicated recovered depressed subjects and controls.
Alpha-lactalbumin is a tryptophan-rich protein fraction. A diet enriched with alpha-lactalbumin increases the ratio of tryptophan to the other large neutral amino acids, which may in turn increase brain serotonin content. In stress-vulnerable individuals, alpha-lactalbumin improved mood and attenuated the cortisol response after experimental stress. The aim of the present study was to investiga...
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