Acne vulgaris, probiotics and the gut-brain-skin axis: From anecdote to translational medicine

Beneficial Microbes

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 185-199

  Bowe, W P ^a   Patel, N B ^b   Logan, A C ^c  

^a Downstate Health Sciences University   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Genuine Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Acne; Anxiety; Brain; Depression; Diet; Gastrointestinal tract; Gut; Microbiota; Probiotics; Skin

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ACHLORHYDRIA; ACNE VULGARIS; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ANXIETY; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ENTEROPATHY; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; MENTAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SKIN DISEASE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ACNE; ANXIETY; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; DIET; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GUT; MICROBIOTA; PROBIOTICS; SKIN;

ACNE VULGARIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84897994360     PISSN: 18762883     EISSN: 18762891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/BM2012.0060     Document Type: Review

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