Meal ingestion, amino acids and brain neurotransmitters: Effects of dietary protein source on serotonin and catecholamine synthesis rates

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 156-162

  Choi, SuJean ^a   DiSilvio, Briana ^a   Fernstrom, Madelyn H ^a   Fernstrom, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Catecholamines; Dietary carbohydrates; Dietary proteins; Food; Leucine; Rat; Serotonin; Tryptophan; Tyrosine

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; CARBOHYDRATE; CASEIN; DOPA; GLUTEN; LACTALBUMIN; LEUCINE; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN; ZEIN;

AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CATECHOLAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; RAT; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEROTONIN METABOLISM;

5-HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CASEINS; CATECHOLAMINES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; EATING; GLUTENS; KINETICS; LEUCINE; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

EID: 67649464232     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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