"Kynurenic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Kynurenic Acid" by people in Profiles.
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Prenatal Kynurenine Elevation Elicits Sex-Dependent Changes in Sleep and Arousal During Adulthood: Implications for Psychotic Disorders. Schizophr Bull. 2021 08 21; 47(5):1320-1330.
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The Effects of a Gluten-Free Diet on Immune Markers and Kynurenic Acid Pathway Metabolites in Patients With Schizophrenia Positive for Antigliadin Antibodies Immunoglobulin G. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2020 May/Jun; 40(3):317-319.
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A High-performance Liquid Chromatography Measurement of Kynurenine and Kynurenic Acid: Relating Biochemistry to Cognition and Sleep in Rats. J Vis Exp. 2018 08 19; (138).
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Sex Differences in Hippocampal Memory and Kynurenic Acid Formation Following Acute Sleep Deprivation in Rats. Sci Rep. 2018 05 03; 8(1):6963.
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Repeated toluene exposure increases the excitability of layer 5 pyramidal neurons in the prefrontal cortex of adolescent rats. Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2018 Jul - Aug; 68:27-35.
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Salivary kynurenic acid response to psychological stress: inverse relationship to cortical glutamate in schizophrenia. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2018 07; 43(8):1706-1711.
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Influence of plasma cytokines on kynurenine and kynurenic acid in schizophrenia. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2018 07; 43(8):1675-1680.
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Acute Kynurenine Challenge Disrupts Sleep-Wake Architecture and Impairs Contextual Memory in Adult Rats. Sleep. 2017 11 01; 40(11).
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Prenatal Dynamics of Kynurenine Pathway Metabolism in Mice: Focus on Kynurenic Acid. Dev Neurosci. 2017; 39(6):519-528.
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Adaptive and Behavioral Changes in Kynurenine 3-Monooxygenase Knockout Mice: Relevance to Psychotic Disorders. Biol Psychiatry. 2017 Nov 15; 82(10):756-765.