Pathways in gut-brain communication: Evidence for distinct gut-to-brain and brain-to-gut syndromes

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 207-214

  Keightley, Philip C ^a   Koloski, Natasha A ^b   Talley, Nicholas J ^b  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

attachment; cytokines; epidemiology; Irritable bowel syndrome

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CYTOKINE; FATTY ACID; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANXIETY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN GUT COMMUNICATION; DEPRESSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ENDOCRINE CELL; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REVIEW; TEMPERAMENT; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; COMPLICATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SYNDROME;

EID: 84923351291     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867415569801     Document Type: Review

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