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Brain serotonin content - Increase following ingestion of carbohydrate diet.In the rat, the injection of insulin or the consumption of carbohydrate causes sequential increases in the concentrations of tryptophan in the plasma and the brain and of serotonin in the brain. Serotonin-containing neurons may thus participate in systems whereby the rat brain integrates information about the metabolic state in its relation to control of homeostasis and behavior.
Document ID
19720029179
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Fernstrom, J. D.
Wurtman, R. J.
(MIT Cambridge, Mass., United States)
Date Acquired
August 6, 2013
Publication Date
December 3, 1971
Publication Information
Publication: Science
Volume: 174
Subject Category
Biosciences
Accession Number
72A12845
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NIH-AM-14228
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGR-22-009-272
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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