Chronic tryptophan restriction disrupts grooming chain completion in the rat

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1099-1102

  Del Angel Meza, Alma Rosa ^a,d   Gonzalez Burgos I ^b   Olvera Cortes E ^b   Feria Velasco, A ^c  

^a Lab de Nutr Experimental   (Mexico)

^b Laboratorio de Psicobiología   (Mexico)

^c HOSPITAL DE ESPECIALIDADES   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Grooming; Serotonin; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GROOMING; NONHUMAN; OBSESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 17144450453     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02154-X     Document Type: Article

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