Aproteic diet decreases hypothalamic catecholamine turnover in adult male rats

Brain Research

Volumn 871, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 44-49

  Ponzo, Osvaldo J ^a   Seilicovich, Adriana ^a   Rondina, Dora ^a   Pisera, Daniel ^a   Calcagno, Maria Lujan ^a   Scacchi, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aproteic diet; Catecholamine turnover; Hypothalamus; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; GONADORELIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CATECHOLAMINE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RAT;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOPAMINE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFERENCE VALUES; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0034648073     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02419-7     Document Type: Article

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