Serotonin involvement in the spontaneous alternation ability: a behavioral study in tryptophan-restricted rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 143-145

  Gonzalez Burgos I ^a   Olvera Cortes E ^a   Del Angel Meza, A R ^a   Feria Velasco, A ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA DE OCCIDENTE   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL DE ESPECIALIDADES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Exploratory behavior; Hippocampus; Serotonin; Spontaneous alternation; TMaze; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRYPTOPHAN DEFICIENCY;

AGING; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0028962831     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(95)11519-3     Document Type: Article

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