Effect of cassava consumption on open-field behavior and brain neurotransmitters in albino rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 89-93

  Mathangi, D C ^a   Namasivayam, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Cassava; Catecholamines; Cyanide; Hypothalamus; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASSAVA; CATECHOLAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DIET; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DIET; EMOTIONS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MANIHOT; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0034661045     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(00)00252-3     Document Type: Article

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