Dietary magnesium deficiency affects gut microbiota and anxiety-like behaviour in C57BL/6N mice

Acta Neuropsychiatrica

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 307-311

  Pyndt Jørgensen, Bettina ^a   Winther, Gudrun ^b   Kihl, Pernille ^a   Nielsen, Dennis S ^c   Wegener, Gregers ^b,d   Hansen, Axel K ^a   Sørensen, Dorte B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

animal models; anxiety; gut microbiota; magnesium

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTESTINE FLORA; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; MAGNESIUM INTAKE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIET; DISEASE MODEL; ETIOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION;

MAGNESIUM;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIET; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 84941259922     PISSN: 09242708     EISSN: 16015215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/neu.2015.10     Document Type: Article

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