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Phenylethylamine (PEA) is an endogenously produced trace amine with chemical similarities to amphetamine. It has been of particular interest to psychiatric researchers as a putative, endogenously produced mood-altering and/or psychotomimetic agent (Fischer and Heller, 1972; Wyatt, 1978).
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DeLisi, L.E., Murphy, D.L., Hamilton, J., Goldin, L.R., Karoum, F., Wyatt, R.J. (1985). Elevated Phenylethylamine Excretion in Women. In: Boulton, A.A., Maitre, L., Bieck, P.R., Riederer, P. (eds) Neuropsychopharmacology of the Trace Amines. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5010-4_38
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