Nutritional up-regulation of serotonin paradoxically induces compulsive behavior

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 256-264

  Dufour, Brett D ^a   Adeola, Olayiwola ^a   Cheng, Heng Wei ^a   Donkin, Shawn S ^a   Klein, Jon D ^a   Pajor, Edmond A ^b   Garner, Joseph P ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

barbering; dopamine; serotonin; skin picking; trichotillomania; ulcerative dermatitis

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SCRATCHING; TEST MEAL; TRICHOTILLOMANIA; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DERMATITIS; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; GROOMING; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SKIN ULCER; TRICHOTILLOMANIA; TRYPTOPHAN; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 78049523405     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: 14768305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/147683010X12611460764688     Document Type: Article

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