Assessment of the neurologic effects of dietary deficiencies of phenylalanine and tyrosine in cats

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 671-680

  Dickinson, Peter J ^a   Anderson, Peter J B ^a   Williams, Diane C ^a   Powell, Henry C ^b   Shelton, Diane ^b   Morris, James G ^a   LeCouteur, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC AMINO ACID; PHENYLALANINE; TYROSINE; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY GROWTH; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CAT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; GAIT DISORDER; HAIR COLOR; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MICROSCOPY; MONITORING; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; VOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CAT DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATHOLOGY; PERONEUS NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAIR COLOR; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PERONEAL NERVE; PHENYLALANINE; TYROSINE;

EID: 3042524558     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2004.65.671     Document Type: Article

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