Corresponding with the inflammatory hypothesis of depression, our study results suggest a TRP breakdown (due to either activated IDOs or TDO) in patients with major depression, and these depressive patients had a barely significantly lower concentration of neuroprotective KA in comparison to the healthy controls.
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Revisiting the tryptophan-serotonin deficiency and the inflammatory hypotheses of major depression in a biopsychosocial approach.
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