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kynurenic acid and Pregnancy

kynurenic acid has been researched along with Pregnancy in 56 studies

Kynurenic Acid: A broad-spectrum excitatory amino acid antagonist used as a research tool.
kynurenic acid : A quinolinemonocarboxylic acid that is quinoline-2-carboxylic acid substituted by a hydroxy group at C-4.

Pregnancy: The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
" The present study examined the diagnostic ability of tryptophan catabolites (TRYCATs) and insulin resistance (IR) parameters in women with PE."8.31Maternal Tryptophan Catabolites and Insulin Resistance Parameters in Preeclampsia. ( Al-Hakeim, HK; Jasim, ZA; Stanek, A; Zolghadri, S, 2023)
"Higher estimated tryptophan intake was cross-sectionally independently associated with a lower prevalence of depressive symptoms during pregnancy in Japanese women."8.12Tryptophan intake is related to a lower prevalence of depressive symptoms during pregnancy in Japan: baseline data from the Kyushu Okinawa Maternal and Child Health Study. ( Arakawa, M; Miyake, Y; Okubo, H; Sasaki, S; Tanaka, K, 2022)
" Tryptophan (TRP) metabolism has attracted considerable attention due to its influence on the onset of depression via induction of inflammation."7.91Changes in tryptophan metabolism during pregnancy and postpartum periods: Potential involvement in postpartum depressive symptoms. ( Kubo, H; Morikawa, M; Mouri, A; Nabeshima, T; Nakamura, Y; Okada, T; Ozaki, N; Saito, K; Shiino, T; Teshigawara, T; Yamamoto, Y, 2019)
"Several studies suggest a pathophysiologically relevant association between increased brain levels of the neuroinhibitory tryptophan metabolite kynurenic acid and cognitive dysfunctions in people with schizophrenia."7.88Maternal genotype determines kynurenic acid levels in the fetal brain: Implications for the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. ( Beggiato, S; Giorgini, F; Notarangelo, FM; Sathyasaikumar, KV; Schwarcz, R, 2018)
"The levels of kynurenic acid (KYNA), an endogenous negative modulator of alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (α7nAChRs), are elevated in the brains of patients with schizophrenia (SZ)."7.81Elevated levels of kynurenic acid during gestation produce neurochemical, morphological, and cognitive deficits in adulthood: implications for schizophrenia. ( Bortz, DM; Bruno, JP; Fredericks, PJ; Jørgensen, CV; Leuner, B; Pershing, ML; Pocivavsek, A; Schwarcz, R; Vunck, SA, 2015)
"The aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of premature rupture of fetal membranes on kynurenic acid (KYNA) levels in venous and arterial umbilical cord blood of neonates."7.71[Influence of premature rupture of fetal membranes on kynurenic acid concentration in umbilical cord blood]. ( Milart, P; Paszkowski, T; Radomański, T; Sikorski, R, 2001)
"The aim of the study was to evaluate the concentrations of kynurenic acid (KYNA) in blood and urine during the normal pregnancy."7.70[Kynurenic acid concentration in blood and urine during normal pregnancy]. ( Milart, P; Sikorski, R, 1998)
"Tryptophan breakdown metabolites formed along the kynurenine pathway play a significant role in pregnancy and fetal development."4.31LC-MS/MS-based quantification of tryptophan, kynurenine, and kynurenic acid in human placental, fetal membranes, and umbilical cord samples. ( Deuschle, M; Fornal, E; Gilles, M; Kozub, A; Lamadé, EK; Marszalek-Grabska, M; Pedraz-Petrozzi, B; Stachniuk, A; Szalaj, K; Trzpil, A; Turski, WA, 2023)
" The present study examined the diagnostic ability of tryptophan catabolites (TRYCATs) and insulin resistance (IR) parameters in women with PE."4.31Maternal Tryptophan Catabolites and Insulin Resistance Parameters in Preeclampsia. ( Al-Hakeim, HK; Jasim, ZA; Stanek, A; Zolghadri, S, 2023)
"Higher estimated tryptophan intake was cross-sectionally independently associated with a lower prevalence of depressive symptoms during pregnancy in Japanese women."4.12Tryptophan intake is related to a lower prevalence of depressive symptoms during pregnancy in Japan: baseline data from the Kyushu Okinawa Maternal and Child Health Study. ( Arakawa, M; Miyake, Y; Okubo, H; Sasaki, S; Tanaka, K, 2022)
" As KP metabolism during pregnancy is still insufficiently understood, we designed this study to examine the de novo synthesis of KYNA and 3-hydroxykynurenine (3-HK), an alternative biologically active product of kynurenine degradation, in tissue slices obtained from pregnant mice on gestational day (GD) 18."3.91Assessment of Prenatal Kynurenine Metabolism Using Tissue Slices: Focus on the Neosynthesis of Kynurenic Acid in Mice. ( Beggiato, S; Notarangelo, FM; Schwarcz, R, 2019)
" Tryptophan (TRP) metabolism has attracted considerable attention due to its influence on the onset of depression via induction of inflammation."3.91Changes in tryptophan metabolism during pregnancy and postpartum periods: Potential involvement in postpartum depressive symptoms. ( Kubo, H; Morikawa, M; Mouri, A; Nabeshima, T; Nakamura, Y; Okada, T; Ozaki, N; Saito, K; Shiino, T; Teshigawara, T; Yamamoto, Y, 2019)
"Several studies suggest a pathophysiologically relevant association between increased brain levels of the neuroinhibitory tryptophan metabolite kynurenic acid and cognitive dysfunctions in people with schizophrenia."3.88Maternal genotype determines kynurenic acid levels in the fetal brain: Implications for the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. ( Beggiato, S; Giorgini, F; Notarangelo, FM; Sathyasaikumar, KV; Schwarcz, R, 2018)
"Levels of kynurenic acid (KYNA), an endogenous negative modulator of alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (α7nAChRs) and antagonist at glutamatergic N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs), are elevated in the brain of patients with schizophrenia (SZ)."3.83Prenatal kynurenine exposure in rats: age-dependent changes in NMDA receptor expression and conditioned fear responding. ( Bruno, JP; Lindquist, DH; Pershing, ML; Phenis, D; Pocivavsek, A; Schwarcz, R; Valentini, V, 2016)
"To quantify the full range of tryptophan metabolites along the kynurenine pathway, a liquid chromatography - tandem mass spectrometry method was developed and used to analyse brain extracts of rodents treated with the kynurenine-3-mono-oxygenase (KMO) inhibitor Ro61-8048 during pregnancy."3.83Kynurenine pathway metabolism following prenatal KMO inhibition and in Mecp2 ( Cobb, SR; Dalton, RN; Darlington, LG; Forrest, CM; Kennedy, PG; Rodgers, J; Stone, TW; Turner, C, 2016)
"The levels of kynurenic acid (KYNA), an endogenous negative modulator of alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (α7nAChRs), are elevated in the brains of patients with schizophrenia (SZ)."3.81Elevated levels of kynurenic acid during gestation produce neurochemical, morphological, and cognitive deficits in adulthood: implications for schizophrenia. ( Bortz, DM; Bruno, JP; Fredericks, PJ; Jørgensen, CV; Leuner, B; Pershing, ML; Pocivavsek, A; Schwarcz, R; Vunck, SA, 2015)
"The aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of premature rupture of fetal membranes on kynurenic acid (KYNA) levels in venous and arterial umbilical cord blood of neonates."3.71[Influence of premature rupture of fetal membranes on kynurenic acid concentration in umbilical cord blood]. ( Milart, P; Paszkowski, T; Radomański, T; Sikorski, R, 2001)
"Quinolinic acid was positively associated with sSAT at birth."1.72The Kynurenine Pathway Metabolites in Cord Blood Positively Correlate With Early Childhood Adiposity. ( Cameron-Smith, D; Chong, MFF; Chong, YS; Eriksson, JG; Fortier, MV; Gluckman, PD; Godfrey, KM; Kothandaraman, N; Lee, YS; Michael, N; Sadananthan, SA; Tan, KH; Tan, KM; Tint, MT; Velan, SS; Yap, F, 2022)
"Kynurenic acid (KYNA) is a KP metabolite synthesized by kynurenine aminotransferases (KATs) from its biological precursor kynurenine and acts as an endogenous antagonist of N-methyl-D-aspartate and α7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors."1.62Prenatal Kynurenine Elevation Elicits Sex-Dependent Changes in Sleep and Arousal During Adulthood: Implications for Psychotic Disorders. ( Baratta, AM; Ditty, AL; Milosavljevic, S; Mong, JA; Pocivavsek, A; Rentschler, KM; Wagner, NTJ; Wright, CJ, 2021)
"PDS was determined by an Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) score ≥ 13."1.56The role of kynurenine pathway and kynurenic aminotransferase alleles in postpartum depression following cesarean section in Chinese women. ( Duan, K; Hu, N; Huang, Z; Long, G; Ma, J; Quan, C; Wang, S; Yang, M; Yu, H; Zeng, G, 2020)
"PPD was diagnosed with an Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) score ≥13."1.48[Correlation between kynurenine metabolites and postpartum depression]. ( Duan, K; Quan, C; Tan, Y; Wang, S; Wen, S; Zhang, J, 2018)
"These results show that early protein deficiency induces selective and long-lasting changes in brain kynurenine metabolism."1.46Maternal protein restriction during gestation and lactation in the rat results in increased brain levels of kynurenine and kynurenic acid in their adult offspring. ( Aguesse, A; Bolaños-Jiménez, F; Croyal, M; de Sa Braga Oliveira, A; Ferchaud-Roucher, V; Grit, I; Honório de Melo Martimiano, P; Kaeffer, B; Lopes de Souza, S; Ouguerram, K, 2017)
"Kynurenic acid is a tryptophan metabolite that is synthesized and released in the brain by astrocytes and acts as an antagonist of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and N-methyl-d-aspartate glutamate receptors, both of which are critically involved in cognition as well as neural plasticity and brain development."1.39The effect of transient increases in kynurenic acid and quinolinic acid levels early in life on behavior in adulthood: Implications for schizophrenia. ( Bucci, DJ; Iaccarino, HF; Suckow, RF; Xie, S, 2013)
"l-Kynurenine treatment raised forebrain KYNA levels ∼3-fold at PD2 and ∼2."1.39Early developmental elevations of brain kynurenic acid impair cognitive flexibility in adults: reversal with galantamine. ( Alexander, KS; Bruno, JP; Pershing, ML; Pocivavsek, A; Schwarcz, R; Wu, HQ, 2013)

Research

Studies (56)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19907 (12.50)18.7374
1990's10 (17.86)18.2507
2000's10 (17.86)29.6817
2010's18 (32.14)24.3611
2020's11 (19.64)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Kimmel, M1
Jin, W1
Xia, K1
Lun, K1
Azcarate-Peril, A1
Plantinga, A1
Wu, M1
Ataei, S1
Rackers, H1
Carroll, I1
Meltzer-Brody, S1
Fransson, E1
Knickmeyer, R1
Tan, KM1
Tint, MT1
Kothandaraman, N1
Michael, N1
Sadananthan, SA1
Velan, SS1
Fortier, MV1
Yap, F1
Tan, KH1
Gluckman, PD1
Chong, YS1
Chong, MFF1
Lee, YS1
Godfrey, KM1
Eriksson, JG1
Cameron-Smith, D1
Szabo, M1
Lajkó, N1
Dulka, K1
Szatmári, I1
Fülöp, F1
Mihály, A1
Vécsei, L2
Gulya, K1
Miyake, Y1
Tanaka, K1
Okubo, H1
Sasaki, S1
Arakawa, M1
Pedraz-Petrozzi, B1
Marszalek-Grabska, M1
Kozub, A1
Szalaj, K1
Trzpil, A1
Stachniuk, A1
Lamadé, EK1
Gilles, M1
Deuschle, M1
Turski, WA1
Fornal, E1
Bjørke-Monsen, AL1
Varsi, K1
Sakkestad, ST1
Ulvik, A1
Ebbing, C1
Ueland, PM1
Jasim, ZA1
Al-Hakeim, HK1
Zolghadri, S1
Stanek, A1
Beggiato, S4
Ieraci, A1
Tomasini, MC1
Schwarcz, R14
Ferraro, L1
Quan, C2
Wang, S2
Duan, K2
Ma, J1
Yu, H1
Yang, M1
Hu, N1
Long, G1
Zeng, G1
Huang, Z1
Rentschler, KM1
Baratta, AM1
Ditty, AL1
Wagner, NTJ1
Wright, CJ1
Milosavljevic, S1
Mong, JA1
Pocivavsek, A7
Notarangelo, FM5
Goeden, N1
Bonnin, A1
Tan, Y1
Wen, S1
Zhang, J1
Sathyasaikumar, KV1
Giorgini, F1
Teshigawara, T1
Mouri, A1
Kubo, H1
Nakamura, Y1
Shiino, T1
Okada, T1
Morikawa, M1
Nabeshima, T1
Ozaki, N1
Yamamoto, Y1
Saito, K1
Feng, C1
Gao, J1
Zhen, Q1
Fan, Z1
Zhu, M1
Yang, X1
Ding, M1
Iaccarino, HF1
Suckow, RF1
Xie, S1
Bucci, DJ1
Thomas, MA1
Elmer, GI2
Bruno, JP5
Zavitsanou, K1
Lim, CK1
Purves-Tyson, T1
Karl, T1
Kassiou, M1
Banister, SD1
Guillemin, GJ1
Weickert, CS1
Grozdics, E1
Berta, L1
Bajnok, A1
Veres, G1
Ilisz, I1
Klivényi, P1
Rigó, J1
Tulassay, T1
Toldi, G1
Pershing, ML3
Bortz, DM1
Fredericks, PJ1
Jørgensen, CV1
Vunck, SA1
Leuner, B1
Phenis, D1
Valentini, V1
Lindquist, DH1
Forrest, CM1
Kennedy, PG1
Rodgers, J1
Dalton, RN1
Turner, C1
Darlington, LG1
Cobb, SR1
Stone, TW1
Honório de Melo Martimiano, P1
de Sa Braga Oliveira, A1
Ferchaud-Roucher, V1
Croyal, M1
Aguesse, A1
Grit, I1
Ouguerram, K1
Lopes de Souza, S1
Kaeffer, B1
Bolaños-Jiménez, F1
Crozier, RA1
Bi, C1
Han, YR1
Plummer, MR1
Kvochina, L1
Hasser, EM1
Heesch, CM1
Alkondon, M1
Pereira, EF1
Eisenberg, HM1
Kajii, Y1
Albuquerque, EX1
Wu, HQ2
Alexander, KS1
Yu, P1
Di Prospero, NA1
Sapko, MT1
Cai, T1
Chen, A1
Melendez-Ferro, M1
Du, F1
Whetsell, WO1
Guidetti, P2
Tagle, DA1
Ceresoli-Borroni, G1
Amori, L1
Pellicciari, R1
Bermond, P1
Stella, N1
Pellerin, L1
Magistretti, PJ1
Becquet, D1
Héry, M1
Deprez, P1
Faudon, M1
Fache, MP1
Giraud, P1
Héry, F1
Parsons, CG1
Zong, X1
Lux, HD1
Birrell, GJ1
Marcoux, FW1
Couratier, P1
Lesort, M1
Terro, F1
Dussartre, C1
Hugon, J1
Berger, R1
Jensen, A1
Hossmann, KA1
Paschen, W1
Milart, P3
Sikorski, R3
Walker, DW3
Curtis, B1
Lacey, B2
Nitsos, I3
Młynarczyk, M1
Nicholls, T2
Smythe, G2
Kankofer, M1
Paszkowski, T1
Radomański, T1
Homma, Y1
Skinner, RD1
Garcia-Rill, E1
Jones, CT1
Ashton, IK1
El-Kholy, ZA1
Saad, AA1
Mostafa, MH1
Abdel-Tawab, GA1
El-Dardiri, N1
El-Kabariti, H1
Abdel-Rafea, A1
Korkhov, VV1
Jouanen, A1
Tremblet, AM1
Massardier, D1
Haesslein, JL1
Hunt, PF1
Tapia-Arancibia, L1
Astier, H1
Jahr, CE1
Jessell, TM1
Price, JM1
Brown, RR1
Yess, N1
Heilmann, HH1
Knapp, A1
Stolp, A1
von Sudhodoletz, O1

Reviews

1 review available for kynurenic acid and Pregnancy

ArticleYear
Testing the functional capacity of the tryptophan-niacin pathway in man by analysis of urinary metabolites.
    Advances in metabolic disorders, 1965, Volume: 2

    Topics: Adult; Amides; Amines; Chromatography, Ion Exchange; Equipment and Supplies; Female; Hormones; Human

1965

Other Studies

55 other studies available for kynurenic acid and Pregnancy

ArticleYear
Metabolite trajectories across the perinatal period and mental health: A preliminary study of tryptophan-related metabolites, bile acids and microbial composition.
    Behavioural brain research, 2022, 02-10, Volume: 418

    Topics: Adult; Anxiety; Bile Acids and Salts; Chromatography, Liquid; Depression; Dietary Fiber; Fatty Acids

2022
The Kynurenine Pathway Metabolites in Cord Blood Positively Correlate With Early Childhood Adiposity.
    The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 2022, 05-17, Volume: 107, Issue:6

    Topics: Adiposity; Adult; Birth Weight; Cesarean Section; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Fetal Blood; Huma

2022
Kynurenic Acid and Its Analog SZR104 Exhibit Strong Antiinflammatory Effects and Alter the Intracellular Distribution and Methylation Patterns of H3 Histones in Immunochallenged Microglia-Enriched Cultures of Newborn Rat Brains.
    International journal of molecular sciences, 2022, Jan-19, Volume: 23, Issue:3

    Topics: Amides; Animals; Animals, Newborn; Anti-Inflammatory Agents; Cells, Cultured; Chemokine CXCL10; Dise

2022
Tryptophan intake is related to a lower prevalence of depressive symptoms during pregnancy in Japan: baseline data from the Kyushu Okinawa Maternal and Child Health Study.
    European journal of nutrition, 2022, Volume: 61, Issue:8

    Topics: Calcium; Child; Child Health; Cross-Sectional Studies; Depression; Docosahexaenoic Acids; Eicosapent

2022
LC-MS/MS-based quantification of tryptophan, kynurenine, and kynurenic acid in human placental, fetal membranes, and umbilical cord samples.
    Scientific reports, 2023, 08-02, Volume: 13, Issue:1

    Topics: Chromatography, Liquid; Extraembryonic Membranes; Female; Humans; Kynurenic Acid; Kynurenine; Placen

2023
Lower levels of the neuroprotective tryptophan metabolite, kynurenic acid, in users of estrogen contraceptives.
    Scientific reports, 2023, 09-29, Volume: 13, Issue:1

    Topics: Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal; Estrogens; Female; Humans; Kynurenic Acid; Kynurenine; Pregnancy; Py

2023
Maternal Tryptophan Catabolites and Insulin Resistance Parameters in Preeclampsia.
    Biomolecules, 2023, 09-26, Volume: 13, Issue:10

    Topics: Case-Control Studies; Female; Humans; Insulin Resistance; Kynurenic Acid; Kynurenine; Pre-Eclampsia;

2023
Prenatal THC exposure raises kynurenic acid levels in the prefrontal cortex of adult rats.
    Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry, 2020, 06-08, Volume: 100

    Topics: Animals; Biomarkers; Dronabinol; Female; Hallucinogens; Kynurenic Acid; Male; Memory, Short-Term; Pr

2020
The role of kynurenine pathway and kynurenic aminotransferase alleles in postpartum depression following cesarean section in Chinese women.
    Brain and behavior, 2020, Volume: 10, Issue:4

    Topics: Adult; Alleles; Cesarean Section; Depression, Postpartum; Female; Genotype; Humans; Kynurenic Acid;

2020
Prenatal Kynurenine Elevation Elicits Sex-Dependent Changes in Sleep and Arousal During Adulthood: Implications for Psychotic Disorders.
    Schizophrenia bulletin, 2021, 08-21, Volume: 47, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Disease Models, Animal; Electroencephalography; Electromyography; Female; Kynurenic Acid; M

2021
A single prenatal lipopolysaccharide injection has acute, but not long-lasting, effects on cerebral kynurenine pathway metabolism in mice.
    The European journal of neuroscience, 2021, Volume: 54, Issue:6

    Topics: Animals; Female; Kynurenic Acid; Kynurenine; Lipopolysaccharides; Male; Mice; Placenta; Pregnancy; Q

2021
Prenatal Dynamics of Kynurenine Pathway Metabolism in Mice: Focus on Kynurenic Acid.
    Developmental neuroscience, 2017, Volume: 39, Issue:6

    Topics: Animals; Brain; Female; Kynurenic Acid; Kynurenine; Mice; Placenta; Pregnancy; Tryptophan

2017
[Correlation between kynurenine metabolites and postpartum depression].
    Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences, 2018, Jul-28, Volume: 43, Issue:7

    Topics: Biomarkers; Cesarean Section; China; Depression, Postpartum; Female; Humans; Incidence; Kynurenic Ac

2018
Maternal genotype determines kynurenic acid levels in the fetal brain: Implications for the pathophysiology of schizophrenia.
    Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England), 2018, Volume: 32, Issue:11

    Topics: Animals; Brain; Cognitive Dysfunction; Female; Genotype; Kynurenic Acid; Kynurenine; Kynurenine 3-Mo

2018
Assessment of Prenatal Kynurenine Metabolism Using Tissue Slices: Focus on the Neosynthesis of Kynurenic Acid in Mice.
    Developmental neuroscience, 2019, Volume: 41, Issue:1-2

    Topics: Animals; Brain; Female; Fetus; Kynurenic Acid; Kynurenine; Liver; Mice; Mice, Knockout; Organ Cultur

2019
Changes in tryptophan metabolism during pregnancy and postpartum periods: Potential involvement in postpartum depressive symptoms.
    Journal of affective disorders, 2019, 08-01, Volume: 255

    Topics: Adult; Depression; Female; Humans; Inflammation; Kynurenic Acid; Kynurenine; Postpartum Period; Preg

2019
[Simultaneous determination of tryptophan and its metabolites in plasma by high performance liquid chromatography with on-column derivatization].
    Se pu = Chinese journal of chromatography, 2013, Volume: 31, Issue:6

    Topics: Acetonitriles; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Female; Fluorescence; Humans; Hydroxyindoleacet

2013
The effect of transient increases in kynurenic acid and quinolinic acid levels early in life on behavior in adulthood: Implications for schizophrenia.
    Schizophrenia research, 2013, Volume: 150, Issue:2-3

    Topics: Analysis of Variance; Animals; Animals, Newborn; Attention; Behavior, Animal; Brain Chemistry; Cohor

2013
Continuous kynurenine administration during the prenatal period, but not during adolescence, causes learning and memory deficits in adult rats.
    Psychopharmacology, 2014, Volume: 231, Issue:14

    Topics: Age Factors; Animals; Avoidance Learning; Behavior, Animal; Cognition Disorders; Female; Hippocampus

2014
Effect of maternal immune activation on the kynurenine pathway in preadolescent rat offspring and on MK801-induced hyperlocomotion in adulthood: amelioration by COX-2 inhibition.
    Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2014, Volume: 41

    Topics: Animals; Brain; Celecoxib; Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors; Disease Models, Animal; Dizocilpine Maleate;

2014
B7 costimulation and intracellular indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) expression in peripheral blood of healthy pregnant and non-pregnant women.
    BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2014, Sep-04, Volume: 14

    Topics: Adult; B7 Antigens; CD28 Antigens; CD4 Lymphocyte Count; CTLA-4 Antigen; Female; Flow Cytometry; Hum

2014
Elevated levels of kynurenic acid during gestation produce neurochemical, morphological, and cognitive deficits in adulthood: implications for schizophrenia.
    Neuropharmacology, 2015, Volume: 90

    Topics: alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor; Animals; Attention; Brain; Cognition; Dendritic Spines; Die

2015
Prenatal kynurenine exposure in rats: age-dependent changes in NMDA receptor expression and conditioned fear responding.
    Psychopharmacology, 2016, Volume: 233, Issue:21-22

    Topics: Age Factors; alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor; Animals; Brain; Cognition; Conditioning, Psych

2016
Kynurenine pathway metabolism following prenatal KMO inhibition and in Mecp2
    Neurochemistry international, 2016, Volume: 100

    Topics: Animals; Autism Spectrum Disorder; Brain; Chromatography, Liquid; Female; Kynurenic Acid; Kynurenine

2016
Maternal protein restriction during gestation and lactation in the rat results in increased brain levels of kynurenine and kynurenic acid in their adult offspring.
    Journal of neurochemistry, 2017, Volume: 140, Issue:1

    Topics: Age Factors; Animals; Brain; Dietary Proteins; Female; Kynurenic Acid; Kynurenine; Lactation; Male;

2017
Restraint Stress during Pregnancy Rapidly Raises Kynurenic Acid Levels in Mouse Placenta and Fetal Brain.
    Developmental neuroscience, 2016, Volume: 38, Issue:6

    Topics: Animals; Brain; Female; Fetus; Kynurenic Acid; Mice; Placenta; Pregnancy; Prenatal Exposure Delayed

2016
BDNF modulation of NMDA receptors is activity dependent.
    Journal of neurophysiology, 2008, Volume: 100, Issue:6

    Topics: Animals; Biophysics; Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; Calcium; Cells, Cultured; Chelating Agents;

2008
Pregnancy decreases GABAergic inhibition of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus.
    Physiology & behavior, 2009, May-25, Volume: 97, Issue:2

    Topics: Action Potentials; Analysis of Variance; Angiotensin II; Animals; Antihypertensive Agents; Bicuculli

2009
Age dependency of inhibition of alpha7 nicotinic receptors and tonically active N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors by endogenously produced kynurenic acid in the brain.
    The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 2011, Volume: 337, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Aging; alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor; Animals; Bicuculline; Choline; Female; GABA-A

2011
Pre- and postnatal exposure to kynurenine causes cognitive deficits in adulthood.
    The European journal of neuroscience, 2012, Volume: 35, Issue:10

    Topics: Age Factors; Analysis of Variance; Animals; Animals, Newborn; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid;

2012
Early developmental elevations of brain kynurenic acid impair cognitive flexibility in adults: reversal with galantamine.
    Neuroscience, 2013, May-15, Volume: 238

    Topics: Animals; Attention; Brain; Cognition; Female; Galantamine; Glutamic Acid; Kynurenic Acid; Kynurenine

2013
Biochemical and phenotypic abnormalities in kynurenine aminotransferase II-deficient mice.
    Molecular and cellular biology, 2004, Volume: 24, Issue:16

    Topics: Animals; Behavior, Animal; Blood Chemical Analysis; Brain; Brain Chemistry; Female; Humans; Kidney;

2004
Perinatal kynurenine 3-hydroxylase inhibition in rodents: pathophysiological implications.
    Journal of neuroscience research, 2007, Volume: 85, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Animals, Newborn; Brain Chemistry; Cyclopropanes; Deoxycholic Acid; Drug Administration Sch

2007
Therapy of side effects of oral contraceptive agents with vitamin B6.
    Acta vitaminologica et enzymologica, 1982, Volume: 4, Issue:1-2

    Topics: Contraceptives, Oral; Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal; Depressive Disorder; Dose-Response Relationshi

1982
Modulation of the glutamate-evoked release of arachidonic acid from mouse cortical neurons: involvement of a pH-sensitive membrane phospholipase A2.
    The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 1995, Volume: 15, Issue:5 Pt 1

    Topics: 4,4'-Diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-Disulfonic Acid; 6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione; Amiloride; A

1995
N-methyl-D-aspartic acid/glycine interactions on the control of 5-hydroxytryptamine release in raphe primary cultures.
    Journal of neurochemistry, 1993, Volume: 61, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Cells, Cultured; Embryo, Mammalian; Female; Gestational Age; Glutamates; Glutamic Acid; Gly

1993
Whole cell and single channel analysis of the kinetics of glycine-sensitive N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor desensitization.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1993, Volume: 109, Issue:1

    Topics: 2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate; Amino Acids; Animals; Cells, Cultured; Female; Glycine; Kinetics; Kynur

1993
Excitatory amino acid receptor-stimulated phosphoinositide turnover in primary cerebrocortical cultures.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1993, Volume: 109, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Calcium; Cells, Cultured; Cerebral Cortex; Cycloleucine; Female; GTP-Binding Proteins; Kynu

1993
NMDA antagonist blockade of AT8 tau immunoreactive changes in neuronal cultures.
    Fundamental & clinical pharmacology, 1996, Volume: 10, Issue:4

    Topics: 2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate; Animals; Cell Survival; Cells, Cultured; Cerebral Cortex; Dizocilpine M

1996
No effect of glutamate on metabolic disturbances in hippocampal slices of mature fetal guinea pigs after transient in vitro ischemia.
    Brain research. Developmental brain research, 1997, Jul-18, Volume: 101, Issue:1-2

    Topics: Adenosine Triphosphate; Animals; Dizocilpine Maleate; Energy Metabolism; Excitatory Amino Acid Antag

1997
[Kynurenic acid concentration in blood and urine during normal pregnancy].
    Ginekologia polska, 1998, Volume: 69, Issue:12

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Female; Humans; Kynurenic Acid; Pregnancy

1998
Kynurenic acid in brain and cerebrospinal fluid of fetal, newborn, and adult sheep and effects of placental embolization.
    Pediatric research, 1999, Volume: 45, Issue:6

    Topics: Animals; Animals, Newborn; Brain; Brain Injuries; Embolism; Female; Fetal Hypoxia; Fetus; Kynurenic

1999
[Influence of maternal smoking on kynurenic acid concentrations in umbilical cord blood].
    Ginekologia polska, 2000, Volume: 71, Issue:8

    Topics: Adult; Female; Fetal Blood; Humans; Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain; Kynurenic Acid; Maternal Behavior; Preg

2000
Regional changes in kynurenic acid, quinolinic acid, and glial fibrillary acidic protein concentrations in the fetal sheep brain after experimentally induced placental insufficiency.
    American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 2001, Volume: 184, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Brain; Brain Chemistry; Embolism; Female; Femoral Artery; Gestational Age; Glial Fibrillary

2001
Protein peroxidation processes in bovine retained and not-retained placenta.
    Journal of veterinary medicine. A, Physiology, pathology, clinical medicine, 2001, Volume: 48, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Case-Control Studies; Cattle; Cattle Diseases; Female; Kynurenic Acid; Placenta; Placenta,

2001
Kynurenine production and catabolism in fetal sheep with embolized or nonembolized placentas.
    American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 2001, Volume: 185, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Disease Models, Animal; Embolism; Female; Fetal Blood; Fetal Diseases; Fetal Growth Retarda

2001
[Influence of premature rupture of fetal membranes on kynurenic acid concentration in umbilical cord blood].
    Ginekologia polska, 2001, Volume: 72, Issue:12

    Topics: Adult; Case-Control Studies; Female; Fetal Blood; Fetal Membranes, Premature Rupture; Humans; Infant

2001
Effects of pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) stimulation on caudal pontine reticular formation (PnC) neurons in vitro.
    Journal of neurophysiology, 2002, Volume: 87, Issue:6

    Topics: Action Potentials; Anesthetics, Local; Animals; Carbachol; Cholinergic Agonists; Electric Stimulatio

2002
Lipid biosynthesis in liver slices of the foetal guinea pig.
    The Biochemical journal, 1976, Jan-15, Volume: 154, Issue:1

    Topics: Acetates; Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase; Animals; ATP Citrate (pro-S)-Lyase; Fatty Acid Synthases; Fatty Ac

1976
The effect of environment on tryptophan metabolism "via kynurenine" in oral contraceptives users.
    Acta vitaminologica et enzymologica, 1978, Volume: 32, Issue:5-6

    Topics: Aminohippuric Acids; Contraceptives, Oral; Contraceptives, Oral, Combined; Environment; Ethinyl Estr

1978
[State of interstitial metabolism of tryptophan during pregnancy and labor in women having received estrogen-progestagenic preparations].
    Akusherstvo i ginekologiia, 1975, Issue:7

    Topics: Adult; Contraceptives, Oral; Estradiol Congeners; Female; Humans; Kynurenic Acid; Kynurenine; Labor,

1975
GABA release from mouse striatal neurons in primary culture as a test for the functional activity of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) antagonists.
    Journal of neuroscience methods, 1991, Volume: 36, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Cells, Cultured; Corpus Striatum; Dizocilpine Maleate; Female; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; Gly

1991
Pharmacological properties of the NMDA receptor involved in somatostatin release from cortical neurons.
    European journal of pharmacology, 1990, Sep-21, Volume: 186, Issue:2-3

    Topics: Animals; Cells, Cultured; Cerebral Cortex; Female; Glutamates; Kainic Acid; Kynurenic Acid; Neurons;

1990
Synaptic transmission between dorsal root ganglion and dorsal horn neurons in culture: antagonism of monosynaptic excitatory postsynaptic potentials and glutamate excitation by kynurenate.
    The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 1985, Volume: 5, Issue:8

    Topics: Animals; Aspartic Acid; Cells, Cultured; Evoked Potentials; Female; Ganglia, Spinal; Glutamates; Glu

1985
[On the influence of ovulation inhibitors on tryptophan metabolism in relation to vitamin B6].
    Klinische Wochenschrift, 1968, Oct-01, Volume: 46, Issue:19

    Topics: Adult; Contraceptives, Oral; Female; Gestational Age; Humans; Kynurenic Acid; Kynurenine; Pregnancy;

1968