List of abbreviations:
MTLE-HS: Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis;
nAChR: nicotinic acetyl choline receptors; KP: tryptophan-kynurenine
pathway; KYNA: kynurenic acid; KYN: L-kynurenine; TRP: Tryptophan; IDO:
indoleamine 2,3‑ dioxygenase; KAT II: kynurenine aminotransferase; PLP:
pyridoxal phosphate; PNPO: Pyridoxamine 5’-Phosphate Oxidase; QUIN:
quinolinic acid; KMO: Kynurnine-3-monooxygenase; EPSCs: excitatory
postsynaptic currents; IPSCs: inhibitory postsynaptic currents.