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Kynurenic acid and alcohol and cocaine dependence: novel effects and multiple mechanisms?

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Abbreviations

3-HAA:

3-Hydroxyanthranilic acid

3-HK:

3-Hydroxykynurenine

KA:

Kynurenic acid

K:

Kynurenine

KAT:

Kynurenine aminotransferase

KMO:

Kynurenine mono-oxygenase (kynurenine hydroxylase)

QA:

Quinolinic acid

Trp:

L-Tryptophan

TDO:

Tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase

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Badawy, A.AB. Kynurenic acid and alcohol and cocaine dependence: novel effects and multiple mechanisms?. Psychopharmacology 234, 169–171 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-016-4486-4

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