The antidepressant-like effect of probiotics and their faecal abundance may be modulated by the cohabiting gut microbiota in rats

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 98-110

  Abildgaard, Anders ^a,b   Kern, Timo ^c   Pedersen, Oluf ^c   Hansen, Torben ^c   Wegener, Gregers ^a   Lund, Sten ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Capital Region   (Denmark)

Author keywords

16s rRNA amplicon sequencing; Animal model; Depression; Gut microbiota; Gut brain axis; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT; RNA 16S; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DNA;

AMPLICON; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOCOCCUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DNA; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; MALE; PROBIOTICS; RATS;

EID: 85055914433     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: 18737862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2018.10.011     Document Type: Article

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