title: Dietary tryptophan reverses alcohol-induced impairment of facial recognition but not verbal recall.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Alcohol Behavior Research Laboratory, Rutgers State University of New Jersey, Piscataway 08854.
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Westrick
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Shapiro
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Nathan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brick
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D005145:Face; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000187:drug effects*; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000187:drug effects; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000187:drug effects; D014364:Tryptophan / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D014364:Tryptophan