Prolonged treatment with L-lysine and L-arginine reduces stress-induced anxiety in an elevated plus maze

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-128

  Smriga, Miro ^a   Torii, Kunio ^a  

^a AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anxiety; L arginine; L lysin; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUTAMINE; LYSINE; WATER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ARGININE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; LYSINE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037388698     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1028415031000079685     Document Type: Article

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