Locomotor activity and serum tryptophan and serotonin in goats: Daily rhythm

Journal of Applied Biomedicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 73-79

  Piccione, Giuseppe ^a   Giannetto, Claudia ^a   Assenza, Anna ^a   Fazio, Francesco ^a   Caola, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capra hircus; Daily rhythm; Motor activity; Serotonin; Trytophan

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ACTIMETRY; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANNULA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOAT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; JUGULAR VEIN; LIGHT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; VENOUS BLOOD;

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 45849099500     PISSN: 1214021X     EISSN: 12140287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.32725/jab.2008.010     Document Type: Article

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