Kunze, Wolfgang A.

The anxiolytic effect of Bifidobacterium longum NCC3001 involves vagal pathways for gut-brain communication

Bercik, P., Park, A. J., Sinclair, D., Khoshdel, A., Lu, J., Huang, X., Deng, Y., Blennerhassett, P. A., Fahnestock, M., Moine, D., et al. (2011) · Neurogastroenterology & Motility

Probiotics and Fermented FoodsGastrointestinal motility and disorders

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Vagal pathways for microbiome-brain-gut axis communication

Forsythe, P., Bienenstock, J., & Kunze, W. A. (2014) · Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Vagus Nerve Stimulation ResearchGut microbiota and health

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Voices from within: gut microbes and the CNS

Forsythe, P., & Kunze, W. A. (2013) · Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Gut microbiota and healthGastrointestinal motility and disorders

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Lactobacillus reuteri enhances excitability of colonic AH neurons by inhibiting calcium‐dependent potassium channel opening

Kunze, W. A., Mao, Y., Wang, B., Huizinga, J. D., Ma, X., Forsythe, P., & Bienenstock, J. (2009) · Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Gastrointestinal motility and disordersProbiotics and Fermented Foods

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The microbiome is essential for normal gut intrinsic primary afferent neuron excitability in the mouse

McVey Neufeld, K. A., Mao, Y. K., Bienenstock, J., Foster, J. A., & Kunze, W. A. (2013) · Neurogastroenterology & Motility

Gastrointestinal motility and disordersGut microbiota and health

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Communication between gastrointestinal bacteria and the nervous system

Bravo, J. A., Julio-Pieper, M., Forsythe, P., Kunze, W., Dinan, T. G., Bienenstock, J., & Cryan, J. F. (2012) · Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Gut microbiota and healthGastrointestinal motility and disorders

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Psychoactive bacteria Lactobacillus rhamnosus (JB-1) elicits rapid frequency facilitation in vagal afferents

Perez-Burgos, A., Wang, B., Mao, Y.-K., Mistry, B., Neufeld, K.-A. M., Bienenstock, J., & Kunze, W. (2013) · American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Probiotics and Fermented FoodsGastrointestinal motility and disorders

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Microbiota and the gut–brain axis

Bienenstock, J., Kunze, W., & Forsythe, P. (2015) · Nutrition Reviews

Gut microbiota and healthGastrointestinal motility and disorders

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Bacteroides fragilis polysaccharide A is necessary and sufficient for acute activation of intestinal sensory neurons

Mao, Y.-K., Kasper, D. L., Wang, B., Forsythe, P., Bienenstock, J., & Kunze, W. A. (2013) · Nature Communications

Gastrointestinal motility and disordersProbiotics and Fermented Foods

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Gut commensal microvesicles reproduce parent bacterial signals to host immune and enteric nervous systems

Al‐Nedawi, K., Mian, M. F., Hossain, N., Karimi, K., Mao, Y., Forsythe, P., Min, K. K., Stanisz, A. M., Kunze, W. A., & Bienenstock, J. (2015) · The FASEB Journal

Probiotics and Fermented FoodsGastrointestinal motility and disorders

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The gut microbiome restores intrinsic and extrinsic nerve function in germ‐free mice accompanied by changes in calbindin

McVey Neufeld, K. A., Perez‐Burgos, A., Mao, Y. K., Bienenstock, J., & Kunze, W. A. (2015) · Neurogastroenterology & Motility

Gastrointestinal motility and disordersGut microbiota and health

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On communication between gut microbes and the brain

Forsythe, P., Kunze, W. A., & Bienenstock, J. (2012) · Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Gut microbiota and healthGastrointestinal motility and disorders

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The TRPV1 channel in rodents is a major target for antinociceptive effect of the probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938

Perez‐Burgos, A., Wang, L., McVey Neufeld, K., Mao, Y., Ahmadzai, M., Janssen, L. J., Stanisz, A. M., Bienenstock, J., & Kunze, W. A. (2015) · The Journal of Physiology

Ion Channels and ReceptorsPain Mechanisms and Treatments

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Antibiotics and the nervous system: More than just the microbes?

Champagne-Jorgensen, K., Kunze, W. A., Forsythe, P., Bienenstock, J., & McVey Neufeld, K.-A. (2019) · Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Gut microbiota and healthTryptophan and brain disorders

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The gut-brain axis rewired: adding a functional vagal nicotinic “sensory synapse”

Perez‐Burgos, A., Mao, Y., Bienenstock, J., & Kunze, W. A. (2014) · The FASEB Journal

Gastrointestinal motility and disordersVagus Nerve Stimulation Research

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Oxytocin-induced membrane hyperpolarization in pain-sensitive dorsal root ganglia neurons mediated by Ca2+/nNOS/NO/KATP pathway

Gong, L., Gao, F., Li, J., Li, J., Yu, X., Ma, X., Zheng, W., Cui, S., Liu, K., Zhang, M., et al. (2015) · Neuroscience

Pain Mechanisms and TreatmentsIon Channels and Receptors

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