The role of gut microbiota in the gut-brain axis: Current challenges and perspectives

Protein and Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 403-414

  Chen, Xiao ^a   D'Souza, Roshan ^b   Hong, Seong Tshool ^a  

^a Jinis Inc   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

central nervous system; gut microbiota; high throughput methods; next generation sequencings; the gut brain axis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GUT BRAIN AXIS; GUT BRAIN LIVER AXIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLIC DISORDER; METAGENOMICS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 84878935366     PISSN: 1674800X     EISSN: 16748018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13238-013-3017-x     Document Type: Review

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