The Brain-Gut-Microbiome Axis: What Role Does it Play in Autism Spectrum Disorder?

Current Developmental Disorders Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 75-81

  Luna, Ruth Ann ^a,b   Savidge, Tor C ^a,b   Williams, Kent C ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ASD; ASD behaviors; Autism spectrum disorders; Brain gut axis; Central nervous system; Developmental disorders; Functional GI disorders; GI disorders; Gut microbiome; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995623457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21962987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40474-016-0077-7     Document Type: Article

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