New study uncovers biological differences between psychiatric disorders
23 Dec 2020
byTristan Manalac
In psychiatric disorders, rather than producing serotonin, tryptophan is instead sequestered through and metabolized along the kynurenine pathway, yielding metabolic by-products such as kynurenic acid, quinolinic acid, and 3-hydroxykynurenine, according to a recent study.
