[Effect of a short-term diet based on precooked corn flour on the muricidal behavior of male SM Wistar rats].
The aim of this research is to observe if the lack of cerebral serotonin, obtained by a diet almost devoid of tryptophan (precooked yellow corn meal) is able to trigger the muricide behaviour in male Rats naturally non-muricide. To determine the tryptophan content in the food used and in 4 types of selected maize flour (Zea mays: indurata, indentata, opaque/2 and synt. marano), 3 different methods have been used (ion-exchange chromatography, spectrofluorometry, spectrophotometry). The muricide behaviour, or the interspecific attack, has been tested by comparison Rat-Mouse. The results show that the feeding with a diet "short term" (4 days), composed of precooked corn meal, with a very low content of tryptophan, induces the appearance of muricide or aggressive behaviour towards the Mouse in more than half of the Wistar Rats, bred in a room constantly lighted by sodium steam light. The appearance of the above-mentioned behaviour is connected with the decrease in cerebral serotonin.
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D000374:Aggression / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D004032:Diet; D005433:Flour; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013997:Time Factors; D014364:Tryptophan / Q000502:physiology; D003313:Zea mays
D014364:Tryptophan
Effetti di una dieta "short term" a base di farina di mais precotta sul comportamento muricida (mouse killing behaviour) di ratti maschi Wistar SM.