Gut microbiota-brain axis

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 129, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 2373-2380

  Wang, Hong Xing ^a   Wang, Yu Ping ^a,b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN DISORDERS   (China)

Author keywords

Gut microbiota; Gut microbiota brain axis; Metagenomics; Microbiome

Indexed keywords

TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANXIETY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BACTERIUM COLONY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; COGNITION; GENE SEQUENCE; GUT MICROBIOTA BRAIN AXIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE INNERVATION; IRRITABLE COLON; METAGENOMICS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STRESS; VAGUS NERVE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84987863726     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0366-6999.190667     Document Type: Review

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