Postnatal microbial colonization programs the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal system for stress response in mice

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 558, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 263-275

  Sudo, Nobuyuki ^a   Chida, Yoichi ^a   Aiba, Yuji ^b,c   Sonoda, Junko ^a   Oyama, Naomi ^a   Yu, Xiao Nian ^a   Kubo, Chiharu ^a   Koga, Yasuhiro ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Wakamoto Pharmaceutical Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; ETHER; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN C FOS; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTIMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM INFANTIS; BRAIN CORTEX; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GNOTOBIOTICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRESS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIFIDOBACTERIUM INFANTIS; COMMENSAL; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; GERMFREE MOUSE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROMODULATION; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; CYTOKINES; FECES; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM-FREE LIFE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; STRESS;

EID: 4043161248     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.063388     Document Type: Article

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