How Exercise Purges Stress and Keeps Depression at Bay
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...muscle expression of kynurenine aminotransferases, to enhance the conversion of kynurenine into kynurenic acid...muscles led to another clue: differences in the kynurenine pathway of tryptophan degradation. It turns out... acid.
That’s key because, unlike kynurenine, kynurenic acid can’t cross the blood-brain barrier. By lowering... lowering circulating levels of kynurenine in the body, the brain is protected from stress-induced biochemical...References:
Skeletal muscle PGC-1α1 modulates kynurenine metabolism and mediates resilience to stress-...