Monosodium glutamate, a food additive, induces depressive-like and anxiogenic-like behaviors in young Rats

Life Sciences

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 27-31

  Quines, Caroline B ^a   Rosa, Suzan G ^a   Da Rocha, Juliana T ^a   Gai, Bibiana M ^a   Bortolatto, Cristiani F ^a   Duarte, Marta Maria M F ^b   Nogueira, Cristina W ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiogenic like behavior; Depressive like behavior; HPA axis; Monosodium glutamate; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUTAMATE SODIUM; SEROTONIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; EXPERIMENTAL BEHAVIORAL TEST; FEAR; FEMALE; FORCED SWIM TEST; GROOMING; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; RAT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; URINARY FREQUENCY;

ANXIOGENIC-LIKE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSIVE-LIKE BEHAVIOR; HPA AXIS; MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE; SEROTONIN;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORTICOSTERONE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEAR; FEMALE; FLAVORING AGENTS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; SODIUM GLUTAMATE; SWIMMING;

EID: 84902546921     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: 18790631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2014.04.032     Document Type: Article

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