Acute tryptophan depletion in C57BL/6 mice does not induce central serotonin reduction or affective behavioural changes

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-34

  van Donkelaar, Eva L ^a,d   Blokland, Arjan ^b,d   Lieben, Cindy K J ^a   Kenis, Gunter ^a,d   Ferrington, Linda ^c   Kelly, Paul A T ^c   Steinbusch, Harry W M ^a,d   Prickaerts, Jos ^a,d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d European Graduate School of Neuroscience   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Anxiety; Depression; Mouse; Plasma tryptophan; Serotonergic challenge

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SWISS WEBSTER MOUSE; TURNOVER TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AFFECT; ANIMALS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FOOD, FORMULATED; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOOD DISORDERS; SEROTONIN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRYPTOPHAN;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 73649105832     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2009.08.010     Document Type: Article

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