This dataset includes data for the manuscript in progress, Intracerebroventricular kynurenic acid modulation differentially regulates the immune and neuroendocrine stress response to acute ozone exposure. This study employed the use of kynurenic acid or the kynurenic acid synthesis inhibitor, PF-04859989 infused into the dorsal third ventricle of the brain in male WKY rats, prior to acute ozone exposure at 0.8 ppm, to evaluate the role of kynurenic acid in modulating the neuroendocrine stress response to ozone. Our results indicate that kynurenic acid may have a protective role in the brain, in attenuating the pulmonary and systemic effects of ozone exposure, perhaps through multiple mechanisms.

This dataset is associated with the following publication: Rentschler, K., M.C. Schladweiler, R. Grindstaff, W. Williams, P.R. Kodavanti, D. Freeborn, L. Klein, G. Jung, D. Herr, P. Evansky, J. McKee, S. Gavett, and U. Kodavanti. Differential Effects of Intracerebroventricular Kynurenic Acid Regulation on the Inflammatory and Neuroendocrine Response to Acute Ozone Exposure. Presented at Society of Toxicology, Orlando, FL, USA, 03/16/2025 - 03/20/2025.