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Comprehensive behavioral analysis of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase knockout mice.
Neuropsychopharmacology reports - 1 Sept 2018
Hirata Nao, Hattori Satoko, Shoji Hirotaka, Funakoshi Hiroshi, Miyakawa Tsuyoshi
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AIM: Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) metabolizes the essential amino acid tryptophan into kynurenine derivatives, which are involved in neural activity via the kynurenine pathway (KP). IDO1 is an initial rate-limiting enzyme in the KP and is activated by stress and/or inflammation. The perturbation of IDO1 activity, which causes KP imbalance, is associated with psychiatric and neurological disorders. It has...
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