Gut microbiota depletion from early adolescence in mice: Implications for brain and behaviour

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 165-173

  Desbonnet, Lieve ^a   Clarke, Gerard ^a,b   Traplin, Alexander ^c   O'Sullivan, Orla ^d   Crispie, Fiona ^d   Moloney, Rachel D ^a   Cotter, Paul D ^a,d   Dinan, Timothy G ^a,b   Cryan, John F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Antibiotics; Anxiety; BDNF; Cognition; Gut microbiota; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MONOAMINE; NEUROPEPTIDE; OXYTOCIN; TRYPTOPHAN; VASOPRESSIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CECUM; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; GUT MICROBIOTA DEPLETION; INTESTINE FLORA; METABOLIC REGULATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPLEEN WEIGHT; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM; WEANING; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECTS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MICE; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 84938273954     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2015.04.004     Document Type: Article

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