On communication between gut microbes and the brain

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 557-562

  Forsythe, Paul ^a,b   Kunze, Wolfgang A ^a,c   Bienenstock, John ^a,d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Medicine   (Canada)

^c Department of Psychiatry ^*  (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

behavior; brain; commensal bacteria; microbiota; probiotic; vagus

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; CITROBACTER RODENTIUM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; METAGENOME; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84868367758     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: 15317056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOG.0b013e3283572ffa     Document Type: Review

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