Targeting the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis: Prebiotics Have Anxiolytic and Antidepressant-like Effects and Reverse the Impact of Chronic Stress in Mice

2017/02/24 by Aurelijus Burokas, Silvia Arboleya, Rachel D. Moloney +6 · 953 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · #Antidepressant #Anxiolytic #Biochemistry #Biology #Corticosterone #Endocrinology #Gastrointestinal motility and disorders #Gut flora #Gut microbiota and health #Gut–brain axis #Hippocampus #Hormone #Immunology #Internal medicine #Medicine #Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology #Prebiotic #Psychology #Receptor

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2016.12.031

published in Biological Psychiatry 82(7), 472-487 (Elsevier BV)

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