Changes in regional brain monoaminergic activity and temporary down-regulation in stress response from dietary supplementation with l-tryptophan in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2166-2174

  Basic, Dean ^a   Schjolden, Joachim ^a   Krogdahl, Åshild ^a   Von Krogh, Kristine ^a   Hillestad, Marie ^b   Winberg, Svante ^c   Mayer, Ian ^a   Skjerve, Eystein ^a   Höglund, Erik ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b BioMar Group   (Denmark)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; l Tryptophan; Lateral pallial telencephalon; Nucleus lateralis tuberis; Stress response

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; FOREBRAIN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MONOAMINE NERVE CELL; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; STRESS; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS DORSAL LATERAL NUCLEUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOPAMINE; DOWN-REGULATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FISHES; GADUS MORHUA; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; SEROTONIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRYPTOPHAN;

GADUS MORHUA; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84878410253     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114512004345     Document Type: Article

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