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

BACKGROUND:The realization that the microbiota-gut-brain axis plays a critical role in health and disease, including neuropsychiatric disorders, is rapidly advancing....

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Antibiotics in early life: dysbiosis and the damage done.

Antibiotics are the most common type of medication prescribed to children, including infants, in the Western world. While use of...

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Impact of maternal intrapartum antibiotics, method of birth and breastfeeding on gut microbiota during the first year of life: a prospective cohort study.

OBJECTIVE:Dysbiosis of the infant gut microbiota may have long-term health consequences. This study aimed to determine the impact of maternal...

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Serotonin, tryptophan metabolism and the brain-gut-microbiome axis.

The brain-gut axis is a bidirectional communication system between the central nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract. Serotonin functions as...

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Pituitary-thyroid state correlates with central dopaminergic and serotonergic activity in healthy humans.

Data from lower animals suggest anatomic and physiological interactions between brain dopamine and serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) systems and the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid...

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[Nervous regulation of thyroid function].

Review examines the autonomic regulation of thyroid function. Review examines the issues of autonomic regulation of the thyroid gland. Activation...

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Beyond a neurotransmitter: The role of serotonin in inflammation and immunity.

Serotonin (5-HT), a well-known neurotransmitter in the brain, also plays an important role in peripheral tissues, including the immune system....

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Role of serotonin in the regulation of renal proximal tubular epithelial cells.

In various renal injuries, tissue damage occurs and platelet activation is observed. Recent studies suggest that some factors, such as...

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Indigenous bacteria from the gut microbiota regulate host serotonin biosynthesis.

AbstractThe gastrointestinal (GI) tract contains much of the body's serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT), but mechanisms controlling the metabolism of gut-derived 5-HT...

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