Tryptophan restriction causes long-term plastic changes in corticofrontal pyramidal neurons

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 673-679

  Gonzalez Burgos I ^a,b   Del Angel Meza, A R ^c   Barajas Lopez G ^a   Feria Velasco, A ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b Division de Patologia Exp   (Mexico)

^c HOSPITAL DE ESPECIALIDADES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Golgi; Plasticity; Serotonin; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030221556     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0736-5748(96)00094-9     Document Type: Article

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