Absence of the gut microbiota enhances anxiety-like behavior and neuroendocrine response to acute stress in rats

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages 207-217

  Crumeyrolle Arias, Michèle ^a   Jaglin, Mathilde ^b,c   Bruneau, Aurélia ^b,c   Vancassel, Sylvie ^d   Cardona, Ana ^e   Daugé, Valérie ^a,f   Naudon, Laurent ^a,f   Rabot, Sylvie ^b,c  

^a Groupe Enzymologie Moléculaire et Fonctionnelle   (France)

^b UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

^c AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Brain monoamines; Corticosterone; Corticotropin releasing factor; Dopamine; Germfree; Glucocorticoid receptor; Gut brain interaction; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Open field

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DOPAMINE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MONOAMINE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DEFECATION; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTESTINE FLORA; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SNIFFING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TURNOVER TIME;

BRAIN MONOAMINES; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DOPAMINE; GERMFREE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GUT-BRAIN INTERACTION; HYPOTHALAMIC PITUITARY ADRENAL AXIS; OPEN-FIELD;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INTESTINES; MALE; MICROBIOTA; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84895864348     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.01.014     Document Type: Article

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