The microbiota-gut-brain axis: Neurobehavioral correlates, health and sociality

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Montiel Castro, Augusto J ^a,b   Gonzalez Cervantes, Rina M ^b,c   Bravo Ruiseco, Gabriels ^b   Pacheco Lopez, Gustavo ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^b Metroipolitan Autonomous University Lerma   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Evolutionary psychology; Kissing; Microbiota gut brain axis; Neurobiology; Psychoneuroimmunology; Social bonds

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE; ENDORPHIN; OXYTOCIN; PEPTIDE; VASOPRESSIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; AUTISM; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHIMPANZEE; COGNITION; COMMENSALISM; COPROPHAGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DEPRESSION; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSULA; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE FLORA; KISSING; LYMPHOCYTE; MICROBIOTA GUT BRAIN AXIS; MICROFLORA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PAN PANISCUS; REVIEW; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SOCIAL BONDING; SOCIAL LEARNING; SYMBIOSIS; VAGUS NERVE; VIBRIO FISCHERI; VISCERAL PAIN; WIGGLESWORTHIA GLOSSINIDIA;

EID: 84886416323     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2013.00070     Document Type: Review

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