Handley S L, Dunn T L, Baker J M, Cockshott C, Gould S
Br Med J. 1977 Jul 2;2(6078):18-20. doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6078.18.
Eighteen women aged 18-31 years were studied daily during the second to fifth postpartum days to assess mood changes and plasma tryptophan and cortisol concentrations. Psychiatric rating scales, clinical interviews, and published biochemical methods were used. Over the period plasma free tryptophan concentrations tended to rise and plasma cortisol concentrations to decline. There was a positive correlation between plasma free tryptophan concentrations and mood state.
对18名年龄在18至31岁之间的女性在产后第二天至第五天进行每日研究,以评估情绪变化以及血浆色氨酸和皮质醇浓度。使用了精神科评定量表、临床访谈以及已发表的生化方法。在此期间,血浆游离色氨酸浓度呈上升趋势,血浆皮质醇浓度呈下降趋势。血浆游离色氨酸浓度与情绪状态之间存在正相关。