Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2020 Oct:53:102426.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102426. Epub 2020 Sep 25.

A physiological link for psychiatric symptoms in COVID-19: Role of amino acid deficiency

Vivek Kumar Soni  1 , Krishna Sharma  2 , Arundhati Mehta  1 , Yashwant Kumar Ratre  1 , Sujeet Kumar  3 , Dhananjay Shukla  4 , Naveen Kumar Vishvakarma  5
Affiliations

A physiological link for psychiatric symptoms in COVID-19: Role of amino acid deficiency

Vivek Kumar Soni et al. Asian J Psychiatr. 2020 Oct.
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no declarations of interest.

References

    1. Ayres J.S. A metabolic handbook for the COVID-19 pandemic. Nat. Metab. 2020;2(7):572–585. doi: 10.1038/s42255-020-0237-2. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. clinicaltrials.gov, NCT04443673 . 2020. Controlled and Randomized Clinical Trial for Evaluating the Effect of a Supplement of Glycine as Adjuvant in the Treatment of COVID-19 Pneumonia in Patients Initiating Mechanical Ventilation.https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/study/NCT04443673 (Accessed 30 August 2020)
    1. Hasler G., Buchmann A., Haynes M., Müller S.T., Ghisleni C., Brechbühl S., Tuura R. Association between prefrontal glutamine levels and neuroticism determined using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Transl. Psychiatry. 2019;9(1):170. doi: 10.1038/s41398-019-0500-z. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Kofler M., Schiefecker A.J., Gaasch M., Sperner-Unterweger B., Fuchs D., Beer R., Ferger B., Rass V., Hackl W., Rhomberg P., Pfausler B., Thomé C., Schmutzhard E., Helbok R. A reduced concentration of brain interstitial amino acids is associated with depression in subarachnoid hemorrhage patients. Sci. Rep. 2019;9(1):2811. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-39569-5. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Nisoli E., Cinti S., Valerio A. COVID-19 and Hartnup disease: an affair of intestinal amino acid malabsorption. Eating Weight Disord.: EWD. 2020:1–5. doi: 10.1007/s40519-020-00963-y. Advance online publication. - DOI - PMC - PubMed