Is there a 'gut-brain-skin axis'?

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 401-405

  Arck, Petra ^a,b   Handjiski, Bori ^a   Hagen, Evelin ^a,b   Pincus, Maike ^a   Bruenahl, Christian ^a,b   Bienenstock, John ^b   Paus, Ralf ^c,d  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allostasis; Hair follicle; Immunity; Lactobacillus; Stress

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HAIR DISEASE; HAIR GROWTH; HOMEOSTASIS; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOME; MOUSE; NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; SKIN INFLAMMATION; TISSUE REACTION;

ALLOSTASIS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HAIR; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; METAGENOME; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATION; PROBIOTICS; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77953169739     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2009.01060.x     Document Type: Note

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