Journal article
Voices from within: gut microbes and the CNS
Abstract
Recent advances in research have greatly increased our understanding of the importance of the gut microbiota. Bacterial colonization of the intestine is critical to the normal development of many aspects of physiology such as the immune and endocrine systems. It is emerging that the influence of the gut microbiota also extends to modulation of host neural development. Furthermore, the overall balance in composition of the microbiota, together …
Authors
Forsythe P; Kunze WA
Journal
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, Vol. 70, No. 1, pp. 55–69
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
1 2013
DOI
10.1007/s00018-012-1028-z
ISSN
1420-682X