Effect of tryptophan treatment on self-biting and central nervous system serotonin metabolism in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 314-321

  Weld, Katherine P ^a,b,f   Mench, Joy A ^c   Woodward, Ruth A ^d   Bolesta, Monica S ^a   Suomi, Stephen J ^e   Higley, J Dee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ADVANCED BIOSCIENCE LABORATORIES INC   (United States)

^e EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^f NIH Animal Center   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Hydroxyindoleacetic acid; Behavior; Cerebrospinal fluid; L Tryptophan; Macaca mulatta; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR; BIOCHEMISTRY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SEROTONIN METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; METHOXYHYDROXYPHENYLGLYCOL; MONKEY DISEASES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0031753610     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-133X(98)00026-8     Document Type: Article

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