Serotonin availability in rat colon is reduced during a Western diet model of obesity

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 303, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Bertrand, R L ^a   Senadheera, S ^a   Tanoto, A ^a   Tan, K L ^a   Howitt, L ^a   Chen, H ^b   Murphy, T V ^a   Sandow, S L ^a   Liu, L ^a   Bertrand, P P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

5 hydroxytryptamine; Constipation; Diet induced obesity; Electrochemistry; Serotonin reuptake transporter

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLON; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENTEROCHROMAFFIN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; STEADY STATE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WESTERN DIET;

ANIMALS; COLON; CONSTIPATION; DIET; DIET, HIGH-FAT; ENTEROCHROMAFFIN CELLS; FLUOXETINE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; MALE; OBESITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 84864781601     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00048.2012     Document Type: Article

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