Dysbiosis of microbiome and probiotic treatment in a genetic model of autism spectrum disorders

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue , 2018, Pages 310-319

  Tabouy, Laure ^a   Getselter, Dimitry ^a   Ziv, Oren ^a   Karpuj, Marcela ^a,b   Tabouy, Timothée ^c   Lukic, Iva ^a   Maayouf, Rasha ^a   Werbner, Nir ^a   Ben Amram, Hila ^a   Nuriel Ohayon, Meital ^a   Koren, Omry ^a   Elliott, Evan ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Biotechnology Engineering Department   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Autism; GABA; L. reuteri; Microbiome

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BETA1; PROBIOTIC AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; NERVE PROTEIN; SHANK3 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BACTERIAL MICROBIOME; BRAIN REGION; COLON FLORA; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSBIOSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MODEL; INTESTINE FLORA; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; MALE; MOUSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DYSBIOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, GENETIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROBIOTICS; RECEPTORS, GABA;

EID: 85047432850     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2018.05.015     Document Type: Article

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