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Nutritional manipulation and psychiatric conditions: focus on mood and cognition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

W. J. Riedel ,
B. L. Jorissen  and
E. Hogervorst
W. J. Riedel*
Affiliation:
Experimental Psychopharmacology Unit, Brain and Behavior Institute, Universiteit Maastricht
B. L. Jorissen
Affiliation:
Experimental Psychopharmacology Unit, Brain and Behavior Institute, Universiteit Maastricht
E. Hogervorst
Affiliation:
Oxford Project to Investigate Memory and Aging (OPTIMA), Radcliffe Infirmary, Department of Pharmacology, Oxford, UK
*
Wim Riedel, GSK, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Box 128, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2GG, UK. E-mail: wim.riedel@NB.unimass.nl
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Abstract

In this paper, several experimental models of human depression and cognitive dysfunction, which are designed specifically to mimic the proposed mechanisms of action of many nutritional supplements, are illustrated. These mechanisms of interest are antioxidant effects, glucose utilization, neuronal membrane function and neurotransmitter effects, with particular reference to nutrient-based amino acid manipulations of neurotransmission, such as tryptophan depletion. It is concluded that the application of experimental human models of altered mood and cognitive function may illuminate substantially the quest for nutritional enhancement of human mood and cognitive function.

Keywords

nutritioncognitionmoodhuman models of psychopathology
Type
Review Article
Information
Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , February 2003 , pp. 4 - 7
Copyright
Copyright © 2003 Blackwell Munksgaard

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