"Kynurenine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A metabolite of the essential amino acid tryptophan metabolized via the tryptophan-kynurenine pathway.
| Descriptor ID |
D007737
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.125.608
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Kynurenine" by people in Profiles.
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Acute administration of ibuprofen increases serum concentration of the neuroprotective kynurenine pathway metabolite, kynurenic acid: a pilot randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover study. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2022 Dec; 239(12):3919-3927.
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Role of gut microbiota in depression: Understanding molecular pathways, recent research, and future direction. Behav Brain Res. 2023 01 05; 436:114081.
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C-Reactive protein and the kynurenic acid to quinolinic acid ratio are independently associated with white matter integrity in major depressive disorder. Brain Behav Immun. 2022 10; 105:180-189.
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Real-time fMRI neurofeedback amygdala training may influence kynurenine pathway metabolism in major depressive disorder. Neuroimage Clin. 2021; 29:102559.
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Prospective study of the effects of sport-related concussion on serum kynurenine pathway metabolites. Brain Behav Immun. 2020 07; 87:715-724.
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Sleep disturbance and kynurenine metabolism in depression. J Psychosom Res. 2017 08; 99:1-7.
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Serum kynurenic acid is reduced in affective psychosis. Transl Psychiatry. 2017 05 02; 7(5):e1115.
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Abnormalities in Functional Connectivity in Collegiate Football Athletes with and without a Concussion History: Implications and Role of Neuroactive Kynurenine Pathway Metabolites. J Neurotrauma. 2017 02 15; 34(4):824-837.
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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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Smaller Dentate Gyrus and CA2 and CA3 Volumes Are Associated with Kynurenine Metabolites in Collegiate Football Athletes. J Neurotrauma. 2016 07 15; 33(14):1349-57.