Low tryptophan diet increases stress-sensitivity, but does not affect habituation in rats

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 272-281

  Tanke, Marit A C ^a   Alserda, Edwin ^a   Doornbos, Bennard ^a   van der Most, Peter J ^a   Goeman, Kitty ^a   Postema, Folkert ^a   Korf, Jakob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

5 Hydroxytryptamine; Depression; Diet; Habituation; Startle; Stress; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; PROTEIN C FOS; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; HABITUATION; HEARING TEST; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDIAN RAPHE NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEROTONIN RELEASE; STARTLE REFLEX; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIET; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRYPTOPHAN;

RATTUS;

EID: 36849090126     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2007.05.022     Document Type: Article

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