Kynurenines increase MRS metabolites in basal ganglia and decrease resting-state connectivity in frontostriatal reward circuitry in depression

Abstract Inflammation is associated with the development of anhedonia in major depression (MD), but the pathway by which inflammatory molecules gain access to the brain and lead to anhedonia is not clear. Molecules of the kynurenine pathway (KP), which is activated by inflammation, readily influx in...

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Main Authors: Xiangchuan Chen, Diana J. Beltran, Valeriya D. Tsygankova, Bobbi J. Woolwine, Trusharth Patel, Wendy Baer, Jennifer C. Felger, Andrew H. Miller, Ebrahim Haroon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-09-01
Series:Translational Psychiatry
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-021-01587-1