Acute and Chronic Mental Stress both Influence Levels of Neurotransmitter Precursor Amino Acids and Derived Biogenic Amines

Acute and Chronic Mental Stress both Influence Levels of Neurotransmitter Precursor Amino Acids and Derived Biogenic Amines

Acute and chronic mental stress are both linked to somatic and psychiatric morbidity, however, the neurobiological pathways of these associations are still not fully elucidated. Mental stress is known to be immunomodulatory, which is one of the basic concepts of psychoneuroimmunology. In the present...

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Main Authors: Katharina Hüfner, Matyas Galffy, Jonas Egeter, Johannes M. Giesinger, Kathrin Arnhard, Herbert Oberacher, Johanna M. Gostner, Dietmar Fuchs, Barbara Sperner-Unterweger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-05-01
Series:Brain Sciences
Subjects:
phenylalanine
tyrosine
kynurenine
tryptophan
neurotransmitter precursor amino acids
mental stress
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/6/322

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