Role of the Gut Microbiome in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 1118, Issue , 2019, Pages 253-269

  Pulikkan, Joby ^a   Mazumder, Agnisrota ^a   Grace, Tony ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD); Gastrointestinal problems; Gut brain axis; Microbial dysbiosis

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ARSENIC; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 41; LEAD; MERCURY; THALLIUM; TIN; TUNGSTEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AUTISM; BACTEROIDES VULGATUS; BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOLTEAE; CLOSTRIDIUM HYSTOLYTICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; DESULFOVIBRIO; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GERMFREE ANIMAL; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE INNERVATION; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; RUMINOCOCCUS; VEILLONELLACEAE; DYSBIOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; DYSBIOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 85061359214     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: 22148019     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-05542-4_13     Document Type: Chapter

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