Effect of chronic protein ingestion on tyrosine and tryptophan levels and catecholamine and serotonin synthesis in rat brain

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 260-267

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

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Catecholamines; Dietary protein; Rat; References; Serotonin; Serum; Tryptophan; Tyrosine

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBENZYLHYDRAZINE; 5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; CASEIN; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPA; GLUTEN; SEROTONIN; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; ZEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT;

5-HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; ANIMALS; AROMATIC-L-AMINO-ACID DECARBOXYLASES; BRAIN; CASEINS; CATECHOLAMINES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HYDRAZINES; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

RATTUS;

EID: 81255195521     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: 14768305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1476830511Y.0000000019     Document Type: Article

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