The Role of the Intestinal Microbiome in Chronic Psychosocial Stress-Induced Pathologies in Male Mice
Chronic psychosocial stress is a risk factor for the development of physical and mental disorders accompanied or driven by an activated immune system. Given that chronic stress-induced systemic immune activation is lacking in germ-free and antibiotics-treated mice, a causal role of the gut microbiom...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2018-10-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00252/full |