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Investigating the neural basis of the effect of an acute tryptophan challenge and a tryptophan-enriched diet on social cognitio

Not Applicable
Conditions
healthy participants
Registration Number
DRKS00010677
Lead Sponsor
Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit Mannheim
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
82
Inclusion Criteria

MRI ok, no mental disorders, BMI between 18 and 30

Exclusion Criteria

no MRI possible, mental disorders, BMI <18 or >30

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Improvement of social cognition with TRP (Tryptophan)<br>fMRI, several paradigms on social cognition and emotion recognition (RMET, Hariri matching task, moral judgement task acc. to Young et al) and questionnaires (BDI II, STAI, Leids, EQ, WHO5, PTQ, questionaire on TRP rich nutrition, GPAQ, SI, PSQI, FSS, social network and activity) of 3 time points: baseline, after 5-HTP (2h after application MRI measurement and questionaires) and after L-Tryptophan (after 4 weeks, max. 1 week after last intake MRI and questionaires)<br>2 time points: urine for measurement of TRP metabolites and blood to find associations to TRP genetics and epigenetic factors<br>80 participants
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Well being/life satisfaction (e.g. WHO5)<br>sleep quality (PSQI);<br>prior to and after intake of Tryptophan
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