Gut Microbiota and the Neuroendocrine System

Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 5-22

  Farzi, Aitak ^a   Fröhlich, Esther E ^a   Holzer, Peter ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b BIOTECHMED GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Corticosterone; Germ free mice; HPA axis; Probiotics; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHOLECYSTOKININ; GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONE; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; PEPTIDE YY; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANXIETY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM SUBSP. INFANTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM PSEUDOCATENULATUM; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSBIOSIS; EARLY LIFE STRESS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; INTESTINAL BARRIER; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE INNERVATION; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS FARCIMINIS; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MICROBIOTA GUT BRAIN AXIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE TRACT; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL AFFERENT; VAGUS NERVE; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DYSBIOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONES; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MICE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85041135278     PISSN: 19337213     EISSN: 18787479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13311-017-0600-5     Document Type: Review

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