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Chanel Barnes

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Reducing cannabinoid abuse and preventing relapse by enhancing endogenous brain levels of kynurenic acid.

Nature Neuroscience November 2013 Zuzana Justinova, Paola Mascia, Hui-Qiu Wu et al.

In the reward circuitry of the brain, α-7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (α7nAChRs) modulate effects of Δ(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), marijuana's main psychoactive ingredient. Kynurenic acid (KYNA) is an endogenous negative allosteric modulator of α7nAChRs. Here we report that the kynurenine 3-monooxygenase (KMO) inhibitor Ro 61-8048 increases brain KYNA levels and attenuates...