Compromised decision-making and increased gambling proneness following dietary serotonin depletion in rats

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1640-1650

  Koot, S ^a,b,c   Zoratto, F ^a   Cassano, T ^d   Colangeli, R ^e   Laviola, G ^a   Van Den Bos, R ^b,c   Adriani, W ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal model; Decision making; Diet manipulation; Dopamine; Gambling; l tryptophan; Operant behaviour; Prefrontal cortex; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RAT; RESPONSE TIME; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; SEROTONIN RELEASE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; DECISION MAKING; DIET; DOPAMINE; GAMBLING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 84856490512     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: 18737064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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