Place Learning Impairment in Chronically Tryptophan-Restricted Rats

References

• Blosovski, D. (1983) El hipocampo. Mundo científico 6, 516–523.
   Google Scholar
• Beas-Zárate, C., Del Angel-Meza, A.R., Morales-Villagran, A. and Feria Velasco, A. (1988) Serotonin uptake in the central nervous system of rats fed a corn-diet. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 89C, 173–177.
   Google Scholar
• Carli, M., Tatarczynska, E., Cervo, L. and Samanin, R. (1993) Stimulation of hippocampal 5-HT1a receptors causes amnesia ansiolytic-like but not antidepressant-like effects in the rat. European Journal of Pharmachology 234, 215–221.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Campbell, R.A. and Raskin, L.A. (1978) Ontogeny of behavioral arousal: the role of environmental stimuli. Journal of Comparative Physiology and Psychology 92, 176–184.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Del Angel-Meza, A.R., González-Burgos, I., Olvera-Cortés, E. and Feria-Velasco, A. (1996) Chronic tryptophan restriction disrupts grooming chain completion in the rat. Physiology and Behavior 59, 1099–1102.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Delgado, P.L., Charney, D.S., Priee, L.H., Landis, H. and Heninger, G.R. (1989) Neurondocrine and behavioral effects of dietary tryptophan restriction in healthy subjects. Life Science 45, 2323–2332.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fernstrom, J.D. (1981) Effects of the diet and other metabolic phenomena on brain tryptophan uptake and serotonin synthesis. Annals of Reviews in Medicine 23, 413–425.
   Google Scholar
• Fuster, J.M. (1991) The prefrontal cortex and its relation to behavior. Progress in Brain Research 87, 201–211.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gentsch, C., Lichsteniner, M. and Feer, H. (1991) Genetic and environmental influences on reactive and spontaneous locomotor activies in rats. Experientia 47, 998–1008.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• González-Burgos, I., Del Angel-Meza, A.R., Barajas-López, G. and Feria-Velasco, A. (1996) Tryptophan restriction causes long-term plastic changes in cortieofrontal pyramidal neurons. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience 14, 673–679.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• González-Burgos, I., Olvera-Cortés, E., Del Angel-Meza, A.R. and Feria-Velasco, A. (1995) Serotonin involvement in the spontaneous alternation ability: a behavioral study in tryptophan-restricted rats. Neuroscience Letters 190, 143–145.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• González-Burgos, I., Pérez-Vega, M.I., Del Angel-Meza, A.R. and Feria-Velasco, A. (1998) Effect of tryptophan restriction on short-term memory. Physiology and Behavior 63, 165–169.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jarrad, L.E. (1993) On the role of the hippocampus in learning and memory in the rat. Behavioral and Neural Biology 60, 9–26.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Kawai, K., Yokota, M., Sera, H., Tanra, A.J., Yamawaki, S. and Seo, A. (1992) Effect of long-term feeding with tryptophanfree diet on the cyrcadian rhythm in rats. Yakabutsu-SeishinKodo. 12, 75–84.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Maura, G. and Raiteri, M. (1986) Cholinergie terminais in rat hippocampus passes 5-HTlb receptors mediating inhibition of acetylcholine release. European Journal of Pharmacology 129, 333–337.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McNamara, R.K. and Skelton, R.W. (1993) The neuropharmacological and neurochemieal basis of place learning in the Morris water maze. Brain Research Reviews 18, 33–49.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Murtha, S.J.E. and Pappas, B.A. (1994) Neurochemical, histopathological and mnemonic effects of combined lesions of the medial septal and serotonin afferents to the hippocampus. Brain Research 651, 16–26.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nilsson, O.G., Strecker, R.E., Daszuta, A. and Björklond, A. (1988) Combined cholinergie and serotoninergie denervation of the forebrain produces severe defficits in a spatial learning task in the rat. Brain Research 453, 235–246.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Normile, H.J., Genden, D.J., Kuhn, D.M., Wolf, W.A. and Altman, H.J. (1990) Effects of combined serotonin depletion and lesions of the nucleus basalis magnocelularis on acquisition of a complex spatial discrimination task in the rat. Brain Research 536, 245–250.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pérez-Vega, M.I., Barajas-López, G., Del Angel-Meza, A.R., González-Burgos, I., and Feria-Velasco, A. (1998) Dendritie spine density of pyramidal neurons in field CA1 of the hippocampus decreases due to chronic tryptophan restriction. Nutritional Neuroscience 1, 237–242.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Peters, J.C. (1991) Tryptophan nutrition and metabolism: an overview. In: Schwarcz, R. ed. Kinurenine and Serotonin Pathways (New York: Plenium Press), pp. 345–358.
   Google Scholar
• Poucet, B. (1993) Spatial cognitive maps in animais: new hypothesis on their structure and neural mechanisms. Psychological Reviews 100, 163–182.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Riehter-Levin, G., Greenberg, B. and Segal, M. (1993) Regional specificity of raphe graft-induced recovery of behavioral functions impaired by combined serotoninergic/cholinergic lesions. Experimental Neurology 121, 256–260.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Riehter-Levin, G. and Segal, M. (1991) The effects of serotonin depletion and raphe grafts on hippocampal electrophysiology and behavior. Journal of Neuroscience 11, 1585–1596.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Riekkinen, P. Jr., Jäkälä, P., Sirviö, J. and Riekkinen, P. (1991) The effects of increased serotoninergie and decreased cholinergie activities on spatial navigation performance in rats. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 39, 25–29.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Riekkinen, M., Sirviö, J. and Riekkinen, P. Jr. (1993) Pharmacological consequences of nicotinergie plus serotoninergic manipulations. Brain Research 622, 139–146.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Riley, E.P. and Barron, S. (1989) The behavioral and neuroanatomical effects of prenatal alcohol exposure in animais. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 562, 173–177.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rivest, R.W. (1991) Sexual maturation in female rats. Experientia 47, 1026–1038.
   Google Scholar
• Vanderwolf, CH. (1989) A general role for serotonin in the control of behavior: studies with intracerebral 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine. Brain Research 504, 192–198.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Vanderwolf, CH., Baker, G.B. and Dickson, C (1990) Serotoninergic control of cerebral activity and behavior: models of dementia. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 45, 366–383.
   Google Scholar
• Vanderwolf, CH., Leung, L.W.S., Baker, G.B. and Stewart, D.J. (1989) The role of serotonin in the control of cerebral activity: studies with intracerebral 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine. Brain Research 504, 181–191.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Venero, J.L., Herrera, A.J., Machado, A. and Cano, J. (1992) Changes in neurotransmitter levels associated with the deffieiency of some essential amino acids in the diet. British Journal of Nutrition 68, 409–420.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar