Effects of acute tryptophan depletion on brain serotonin function and concentrations of dopamine and norepinephrine in C57BL/6J and BALB/cJ mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Biskup, Caroline Sarah ^a,b,c   Sánchez, Cristina L ^a,b,c   Arrant, Andrew ^d   van Swearingen, Amanda E D ^d   Kuhn, Cynthia ^d   Zepf, Florianniel Daniel ^a,b,c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c JARA TRANSLATIONAL BRAIN MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLYASE; DOPAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NAUSEA; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; VOMITING;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DOPAMINE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NOREPINEPHRINE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84861306679     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035916     Document Type: Article

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