Epilepsy as a Disorder of Neuroimmune Metabolism: The Kynurenine Pathway as a Link Between Cognitive and Psychiatric Dysfunction
In this narrative review we summarise some of the roles played by glutamate and its receptors in both epilepsy and schizophrenia, before presenting the kynurenine pathway of tryptophan metabolism as a generator of compounds acting at least partly by modulating those receptors. Increasing evidence indicates that epileps...