Bienenstock, John

Ingestion of Lactobacillus strain regulates emotional behavior and central GABA receptor expression in a mouse via the vagus nerve

Bravo, J. A., Forsythe, P., Chew, M. V., Escaravage, E., Savignac, H. M., Dinan, T. G., Bienenstock, J., & Cryan, J. F. (2011) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Probiotics and Fermented FoodsGut microbiota and health

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Reduced anxiety-like behavior and central neurochemical change in germ-free mice: Behavior in germ-free mice

Neufeld, K. M., Kang, N., Bienenstock, J., & Foster, J. A. (2011) · Neurogastroenterology & Motility

Gut microbiota and healthGastrointestinal motility and disorders

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The probiotic Bifidobacteria infantis: an assessment of potential antidepressant properties in the rat

Desbonnet, L., Garrett, L., Clarke, G., Bienenstock, J., & Dinan, T. G. (2008) · Journal of Psychiatric Research

Probiotics and Fermented FoodsTryptophan and brain 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

Cited by 576

Low-Dose Penicillin in Early Life Induces Long-Term Changes in Murine Gut Microbiota, Brain Cytokines and Behavior

Leclercq, S., Mian, F. M., Stanisz, A. M., Bindels, L. B., Cambier, E., Ben-Amram, H., Koren, O., Forsythe, P., & Bienenstock, J. (2017) · Nature Communications

Gut microbiota and healthTryptophan and brain disorders

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Mood and gut feelings

Forsythe, P., Sudo, N., Dinan, T., Taylor, V. H., & Bienenstock, J. (2010) · Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Gut microbiota and healthTryptophan and brain disorders

Cited by 429

Lost in translation? The potential psychobiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus (JB-1) fails to modulate stress or cognitive performance in healthy male subjects

Kelly, J. R., Allen, A. P., Temko, A., Hutch, W., Kennedy, P. J., Farid, N., Murphy, E., Boylan, G., Bienenstock, J., Cryan, J. F., et al. (2017) · Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Probiotics and Fermented FoodsStress Responses and Cortisol

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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

Cited by 328

Pavlovian conditioning of rat mucosal mast cells to secrete rat mast cell protease II

MacQueen, G., Marshall, J., Perdue, M., Siegel, S., & Bienenstock, J. (1989) · Science

Mast cells and histamineAllergic Rhinitis and Sensitization

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Effects of intestinal microbiota on anxiety-like behavior

Neufeld, K.-A. M., Kang, N., Bienenstock, J., & Foster, J. A. (2011) · Communicative & Integrative Biology

Gut microbiota and healthStress Responses and Cortisol

Cited by 311

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

Cited by 299

Structural & functional consequences of chronic psychosocial stress on the microbiome & host

Bharwani, A., Mian, M. F., Foster, J. A., Surette, M. G., Bienenstock, J., & Forsythe, P. (2016) · Psychoneuroendocrinology

Gut microbiota and healthTryptophan and brain disorders

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Magnetic resonance spectroscopy reveals oral Lactobacillus promotion of increases in brain GABA, N-acetyl aspartate and glutamate

Janik, R., Thomason, L. A. M., Stanisz, A. M., Forsythe, P., Bienenstock, J., & Stanisz, G. J. (2016) · NeuroImage

Probiotics and Fermented FoodsGut microbiota and health

Cited by 283

Gender-dependent consequences of chronic olanzapine in the rat: effects on body weight, inflammatory, metabolic and microbiota parameters

Davey, K. J., O’Mahony, S. M., Schellekens, H., O’Sullivan, O., Bienenstock, J., Cotter, P. D., Dinan, T. G., & Cryan, J. F. (2012) · Psychopharmacology

Schizophrenia research and treatmentGut microbiota and health

Cited by 275

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

Cited by 261

Inhibitory effects of Lactobacillus reuteri on visceral pain induced by colorectal distension in Sprague-Dawley rats

Kamiya, T., Wang, L., Forsythe, P., Goettsche, G., Mao, Y., Wang, Y., Tougas, G., & Bienenstock, J. (2006) · Gut

Gastrointestinal motility and disordersProbiotics and Fermented Foods

Cited by 242

Oral treatment with Lactobacillus rhamnosus attenuates behavioural deficits and immune changes in chronic social stress

Bharwani, A., Mian, M. F., Surette, M. G., Bienenstock, J., & Forsythe, P. (2017) · BMC Medicine

Probiotics and Fermented FoodsGut microbiota and health

Cited by 236

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

Cited by 235

Microbiota and the gut–brain axis

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

Gut microbiota and healthGastrointestinal motility and disorders

Cited by 234

The role of mast cells in inflammatory processes: evidence for nerve/mast cell interactions

Bienenstock, J., Tomioka, M., Matsuda, H., Stead, R. H., Quinonez, G., Simon, G. T., Coughlin, M. D., & Denburg, J. A. (2009) · International Archives of Allergy and Applied Immunology

Mast cells and histamineGastrointestinal motility and disorders

Cited by 193

Immunomodulation by commensal and probiotic bacteria

Forsythe, P., & Bienenstock, J. (2010) · Immunological Investigations

Probiotics and Fermented FoodsGut microbiota and health

Cited by 189

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 vagus nerve modulates BDNF expression and neurogenesis in the hippocampus

O’Leary, O. F., Ogbonnaya, E. S., Felice, D., Levone, B. R., C. Conroy, L., Fitzgerald, P., Bravo, J. A., Forsythe, P., Bienenstock, J., Dinan, T. G., et al. (2018) · European Neuropsychopharmacology

Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanismsVagus Nerve Stimulation Research

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