Growing up in a bubble: Using germ-free animals to assess the influence of the gut microbiota on brain and behavior

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1-17

  Luczynski, Pauline ^a   Neufeld, Karen Anne McVey ^a   Oriach, Clara Seira ^a,b   Clarke, Gerard ^a,b   Dinan, Timothy G ^a,b   Cryan, John F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cognitive dysfunction; Germ free mouse; Microbiota gut brain axis; Social development; Stress response

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; SEROTONIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; GERMFREE ANIMAL; GERMFREE MOUSE; GROOMING; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE INNERVATION; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MEMORY; METABOLISM; MICROGLIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIALIZATION; STRESS; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GERM-FREE LIFE;

EID: 84989157896     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyw020     Document Type: Article

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