Stress & the gut-brain axis: Regulation by the microbiome

Neurobiology of Stress

Volumn 7, Issue , 2017, Pages 124-136

  Foster, Jane A ^a   Rinaman, Linda ^b   Cryan, John F ^c,d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DOPAMINE; OXYTOCIN; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN; VASOPRESSIN;

AMYGDALA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; DOWN REGULATION; ENTEROENDOCRINE CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTESTINE FLORA; IRRITABLE COLON; LIPID DIET; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM; UPREGULATION;

EID: 85016199463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23522895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2017.03.001     Document Type: Review

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