"Previous research has shown that a chemical called kynurenic acid (KYNA) is present at higher levels in the cerebrospinal fluid and the prefrontal cortex of people with bipolar disorder with psychosis and people with schizophrenia. Now, a team from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden has confirmed this finding and looked at the reason for the phenomenon.
“KYNA affects several signalling pathways important to brain function,” said researcher Professor Martin Schalling, M.D., Ph.D. It is normally produced during inflammation caused by exposure to stress or infection, for example, which themselves have been linked to psychotic episodes."
THERE WE FOUND THE CHEMICAL NOW KILL IT!
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