BDNF expression in the hippocampus of maternally separated rats: Does Bifidobacterium breve 6330 alter BDNF levels?

Beneficial Microbes

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 199-207

  O'Sullivan, E ^a   Barrett, E ^b   Grenham, S ^a   Fitzgerald, P ^a   Stanton, C ^a,b   Ross, R P ^a,b   Quigley, E M M ^a,c   Cryan, J F ^a,c   Dinan, T G ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Brain gut axis; Irritable bowel syndrome; Neurotrophin; Probiotic

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EARLY LIFE STRESS; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN VARIANT; RAT;

EID: 81855173619     PISSN: 18762883     EISSN: 18762891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/BM2011.0015     Document Type: Article

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