Nutritional recovery does not reverse the activation of brain serotonin synthesis in the ontogenetically malnourished rat

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 641-648

  Manjarrez, G G ^a   Magdaleno, V M ^a   Chagoya, G ^c   Hernandez R J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b Ctro de Investigacion y de E   (Mexico)

^c NONE

Author keywords

5 hydroxytryptamine; Nutritional rehabilitation; Ontogenetic malnutrition; Tryptophan hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MALNUTRITION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030221699     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0736-5748(96)00028-7     Document Type: Article

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