Pathways underlying the gut-to-brain connection in autism spectrum disorders as future targets for disease management

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 668, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  De Theije, Caroline G M ^a   Wu, Jiangbo ^a   Da Silva, Sofia Lopes ^a,b   Kamphuis, Patrick J ^a,b   Garssen, Johan ^a,b   Korte, S Mechiel ^a   Kraneveld, Aletta D ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DANONE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Gastrointestinal disturbances; Gut brain axis; Neuroimmune interactions

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN COMPLEX 1; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN COMPLEX 2; SEROTONIN;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; AUTISM; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL INTERACTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENTERITIS; FOOD ALLERGY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTESTINE FLORA; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 81155159738     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: 18790712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2011.07.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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