Infant Gut Microbiome Associated With Cognitive Development

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 148-159

  Carlson, Alexander L ^a   Xia, Kai ^b   Azcarate Peril, M Andrea ^a,b   Goldman, Barbara D ^a,c   Ahn, Mihye ^e   Styner, Martin A ^a,b   Thompson, Amanda L ^c,d   Geng, Xiujuan ^f,g   Gilmore, John H ^b   Knickmeyer, Rebecca C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Brain; Cognition; Gut; Infant; Microbiota; MRI

Indexed keywords

AGE; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAGENOME; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FECES; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 85026846520     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.06.021     Document Type: Article

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