Maize Based Diets and Mouse-Killing Behavior in Rats
| Autor: | M. Ernandes, M. La Guardia, M. Giammanco |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Biological Research, Vol 79, Iss 1 (2003) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1826-8838 2284-0230 |
| DOI: | 10.4081/jbr.2003.10555 |
| Popis: | Mouse-killing behavior is correlated with decrease in brain serotonergic tone, caused by injection of p- chlorophenylalanine (which blocks serotonin synthesis), or by tryptophan free diets,which slow down serotonin production because source of tryptophan is done only by endogenous proteins.Another experimental method is maize exclusive diet:maize is, among cereals, that one which has the lowest tryptophan content, and the lowest value of the ratio between tryptophan and its concurrent amino acids for neuron access. In a lot of experiments, maize based diets gave rise to brain serotonin deficiency and to mouse-killing behavior in previous non killer rats. |
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