Tryptophan depletion impairs object-recognition memory in the rat: Reversal by risperidone

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 479-483

  Jenkins, Trisha A ^a,b   Elliott, Jennifer J ^a   Ardis, Tara C ^a   Cahir, Marie ^a   Reynolds, Gavin P ^a   Bell, Robert ^a   Cooper, Stephen J ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antipsychotic; Cognition; Object recognition memory; Risperidone; Serotonin; Tryptophan depletion

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; RISPERIDONE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOWN REGULATION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; RAT; RECOGNITION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISUAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIET; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 77249136245     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.12.030     Document Type: Article

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