The chronic ingestion of diets containing different proteins produces marked variations in brain tryptophan levels and serotonin synthesis in the rat

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 559-565

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

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Chronic; Dietary proteins; Rat; Serotonin; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; CASEIN; CATECHOLAMINE; GLUTEN; LEUCINE; SEROTONIN; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; ZEIN;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNTHESIS; TRYPTOPHAN BRAIN LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; LEUCINE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

RATTUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79954417291     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-010-0382-1     Document Type: Article

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