Is anorexia in thioacetamide-induced cirrhosis related to an altered brain serotonin concentration?

Polish Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-78

  Haider, Saida ^a   Saleem, Sadia ^a   Shameem, Saima ^a   Ahmed, Shahida P ^a   Parveen, Tahira ^a   Haleem, Darakhshan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Brain serotonin; Cirrhosis; Thioacetamide

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; DRINKING WATER; GLUCOSE; SEROTONIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; THIOACETAMIDE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH RATE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOCOMOTION; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; RAT; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANOREXIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRINKING; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EATING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, EXPERIMENTAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAKISTAN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; THIOACETAMIDE; TIME FACTORS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 1942485242     PISSN: 12306002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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