"Kynurenic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A broad-spectrum excitatory amino acid antagonist used as a research tool.
Descriptor ID |
D007736
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MeSH Number(s) |
D03.066.942.505 D03.633.100.810.350.400
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2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Kynurenic Acid" by people in Profiles.
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Meier TB, Drevets WC, Teague TK, Wurfel BE, Mueller SC, Bodurka J, Dantzer R, Savitz J. Kynurenic acid is reduced in females and oral contraceptive users: Implications for depression. Brain Behav Immun. 2018 Jan; 67:59-64.
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Cho HJ, Savitz J, Dantzer R, Teague TK, Drevets WC, Irwin MR. Sleep disturbance and kynurenine metabolism in depression. J Psychosom Res. 2017 08; 99:1-7.
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Wurfel BE, Drevets WC, Bliss SA, McMillin JR, Suzuki H, Ford BN, Morris HM, Teague TK, Dantzer R, Savitz JB. Serum kynurenic acid is reduced in affective psychosis. Transl Psychiatry. 2017 05 02; 7(5):e1115.
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Young KD, Drevets WC, Dantzer R, Teague TK, Bodurka J, Savitz J. Kynurenine pathway metabolites are associated with hippocampal activity during autobiographical memory recall in patients with depression. Brain Behav Immun. 2016 Aug; 56:335-42.
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Meier TB, Drevets WC, Wurfel BE, Ford BN, Morris HM, Victor TA, Bodurka J, Teague TK, Dantzer R, Savitz J. Relationship between neurotoxic kynurenine metabolites and reductions in right medial prefrontal cortical thickness in major depressive disorder. Brain Behav Immun. 2016 Mar; 53:39-48.
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Savitz J, Dantzer R, Meier TB, Wurfel BE, Victor TA, McIntosh SA, Ford BN, Morris HM, Bodurka J, Teague TK, Drevets WC. Activation of the kynurenine pathway is associated with striatal volume in major depressive disorder. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2015 Dec; 62:54-8.
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Savitz J, Drevets WC, Wurfel BE, Ford BN, Bellgowan PS, Victor TA, Bodurka J, Teague TK, Dantzer R. Reduction of kynurenic acid to quinolinic acid ratio in both the depressed and remitted phases of major depressive disorder. Brain Behav Immun. 2015 May; 46:55-9.
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Savitz J, Dantzer R, Wurfel BE, Victor TA, Ford BN, Bodurka J, Bellgowan PS, Teague TK, Drevets WC. Neuroprotective kynurenine metabolite indices are abnormally reduced and positively associated with hippocampal and amygdalar volume in bipolar disorder. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2015 Feb; 52:200-11.
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Savitz J, Drevets WC, Smith CM, Victor TA, Wurfel BE, Bellgowan PS, Bodurka J, Teague TK, Dantzer R. Putative neuroprotective and neurotoxic kynurenine pathway metabolites are associated with hippocampal and amygdalar volumes in subjects with major depressive disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2015 Jan; 40(2):463-71.