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The interplay between the intestinal microbiota and the brain
Abstract
The intestinal microbiota consists of a vast bacterial community that resides primarily in the lower gut and lives in a symbiotic relationship with the host. A bidirectional neurohumoral communication system, known as the gut-brain axis, integrates the host gut and brain activities. Here, we describe the recent advances in our understanding of how the intestinal microbiota communicates with the brain via this axis to influence brain development and behaviour. We also review how this extended communication system might influence a broad spectrum of diseases, including irritable bowel syndrome, psychiatric disorders and demyelinating conditions such as multiple sclerosis.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Collins, S. M., Surette, M., & Bercik, P.
- Affiliations
- McMaster University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Collins, Stephen M.
- Venue
- Nature Reviews Microbiology
- Published
- 2012-09-24
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 735-742
- ISSN
- 1740-1526 (ISSN-L)
- 1740-1534
- OpenAlex
- W2010055058
- Cited by
- 1,611
- References
- 55
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- FWCI
- 7.35
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature Reviews Microbiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Gastroenterology › Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Biological Psychiatry › Tryptophan and brain disorders
- Keywords
- gut microbiota, gut-brain axis, host-microbe symbiosis, brain development, animal behavior, irritable bowel syndrome, mental illness, multiple sclerosis, demyelinating disease
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Autonomic Nervous System, Brain, Humans, Intestines, Multiple Sclerosis, Stress, Physiological, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Signal Transduction, Enteric Nervous System, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Mice, Metagenome
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