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Effects of Monodiets with Different Tryptophan Contents on Shell Color, Behavior, and Neuron Activity in the Common Snail

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The essential amino acid tryptophan is a precursor of serotonin, one of the most important neurotransmitters in the brains of vertebrates and the central nervous systems of invertebrates. Extensive data have been obtained on the effects of exogenous serotonin and its precursors on behavior and neuron activity. Less well studied is the influence of tryptophan in food products. This report presents results from studies of the effects of long-term monodiets containing different quantities of tryptophan on the visual and behavioral characteristics of the snails Helix pomatia and Helix lucorum, which are mollusks, and on the electrical activity of identified neurons in these species.

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Translated from Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatel’nosti imeni I. P. Pavlova, Vol. 70, No. 5, pp. 650–654, September–October, 2020.

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Palikhova, T.A. Effects of Monodiets with Different Tryptophan Contents on Shell Color, Behavior, and Neuron Activity in the Common Snail. Neurosci Behav Physi 51, 616–619 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11055-021-01114-1

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