Opposite effects of tryptophan intake on motor activity in ring doves (diurnal) and rats (nocturnal)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-179

  Aparicio, Sara ^a   Garau, Celia ^a   Nicolau, María C ^a   Rial, Rubén V ^a   Esteban, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diurnal; l Tryptophan; Melatonin; Nocturnal; Rat; Ring dove

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; METHYLCELLULOSE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOVE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; RAT;

ANIMALIA; COLUMBIFORMES; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; STREPTOPELIA RISORIA;

EID: 33646598021     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.02.028     Document Type: Article

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