Effect of cassava consumption on open-field behavior and brain neurotransmitters in albino rats

Diet exerts a critical influence on human biology and thus studies on the interrelationship of nutrition and behavior continues to be a major and important focus of research in the natural experimental sciences. Cassava is known to cause metabolic and neurological derangement on long-term consumptio...

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Published in:Physiology & behavior 2000-07, Vol.70 (1), p.89-93
Main Authors: Mathangi, D.C, Namasivayam, A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Behavior, Animal - physiology
Behavioral psychophysiology
Biological and medical sciences
Brain Chemistry - physiology
Cassava
Catecholamines
Cyanide
Diet
Emotions - physiology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Hypothalamus
Hypothalamus - metabolism
Hypothalamus - physiology
Male
Malnutrition
Manihot
Manihot - adverse effects
Manihot - cytology
Manihot esculenta
Neurotransmission and behavior
Neurotransmitter Agents - metabolism
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Rats
Rats, Wistar
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Summary:Diet exerts a critical influence on human biology and thus studies on the interrelationship of nutrition and behavior continues to be a major and important focus of research in the natural experimental sciences. Cassava is known to cause metabolic and neurological derangement on long-term consumption as a staple diet in the tropics. In this article we present the effects of cassava consumption on open-field behavior and catecholamine levels in the hypothalamus of albino rats. Cassava consumption for 30 days alters the emotional status of the rats, with changes in the basal neurotransmitter levels in the hypothalamus. The role of the cyanide (liberated from cassava) and protein deficiency (associated with cassava consumption) has been discussed.
ISSN:0031-9384
1873-507X
DOI:10.1016/S0031-9384(00)00252-3