Effects of amino acid feedings in schizophrenic patients treated with iproniazid.
Large oral doses of individual amino acids were given three or four times daily for periods of 1 week to schizophrenic patients, some of whom were maintained on iproniazid. Marked alterations in behavior in some patients were associated with the administration of l-methionine and of l-tryptophan.
D000596:Amino Acids; D004032:Diet; D006801:Humans; D007490:Iproniazid / Q000628:therapy*; D008715:Methionine; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D012559:Schizophrenia; D014364:Tryptophan
D000596:Amino Acids; D014364:Tryptophan; D008715:Methionine; D007490:Iproniazid
AMINO ACIDS/nutrition and diet; IPRONIAZID/therapy; SCHIZOPHRENIA/nutrition and diet