Fetal, neonatal, and infant microbiome: Perturbations and subsequent effects on brain development and behavior

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 410-417

  Diaz Heijtz, Rochellys ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Autism spectrum disorder; Breastfeeding; Cognition; Commensal gut microbiota; Germ free mice; Neurodevelopment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN METABOLISM; BREAST FEEDING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITION; COGNITION; DRUG EXPOSURE; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE FLORA; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL STRESS; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SYNAPTOGENESIS; BRAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROFLORA;

BRAIN; COGNITION; FETUS; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 84975145731     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: 18780946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2016.04.012     Document Type: Review

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