Effects of Treatment with Chromium Picolinate on Peripheral Amino Acid Availability and Brain Monoamine Function in the Rat

Pharmacopsychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 176-180

  Franklin, M ^a   Odontiadis, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 HT; Corticosterone; Cr3+ picolinate; Melatonin; NA; NEFFAs; TRP

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BRAIN MONOAMINE; CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; CHROMIUM PICOLINATE; CORTICOSTERONE; FATTY ACID; MELATONIN; NORADRENALIN; PICOLINIC ACID; PICOLINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; TRACE ELEMENT; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHEMISTRY; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; METABOLISM; MOOD; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATECHOLAMINES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLORIMETRY; CORTICOSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MELATONIN; NOREPINEPHRINE; PICOLINIC ACIDS; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0242383526     PISSN: 01763679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-43046     Document Type: Article

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