Dietary excess of vitamin B-6 affects the concentrations of amino acids in the caudate nucleus and serum and the binding properties of serotonin receptors in the brain cortex of rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1829-1835

  Schaeffer, Monica C ^a   Gretz, Denise ^a   Gietzen, Dorothy W ^b   Rogers, Quinton R ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Blood; Brain; Rats; Vitamin B 6

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 HYDROXY 3 METHOXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; KETANSERIN; KYNURENINE; METHIONINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; ORNITHINE; PYRIDOXINE; SERINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; TAURINE; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CORTEX; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0031684042     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.10.1829     Document Type: Article

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