Microbial Endocrinology in the Microbiome-Gut-Brain Axis: How Bacterial Production and Utilization of Neurochemicals Influence Behavior

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Lyte, Mark ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION; BEHAVIOR; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HOST; HUMAN; INFLUENCE BEHAVIOR; INTESTINE; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROBIOME; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HORMONES; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MICROBIOTA; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS;

EID: 84888217565     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003726     Document Type: Article

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