Acute tryptophan depletion in rats alters the relationship between cerebral blood flow and glucose metabolism independent of central serotonin

Neuroscience

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 683-694

  van Donkelaar, E L ^a,b   Ferrington, L ^c   Blokland, A ^b   Steinbusch, H W M ^a,b   Prickaerts, J ^a,b   Kelly, P A T ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acute tryptophan depletion; amino acids; autoradiographic imaging; cerebrovascular dysfunction; depression; serotonergic dysfunction

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIETARY INTAKE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; TRYPTOPHAN BRAIN LEVEL; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM; WISTAR RAT;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIET; GLUCOSE; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; TIME FACTORS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 69449092221     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.06.063     Document Type: Article

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