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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Main Authors: Dominik Langgartner, Carolyn A. Vaihinger, Melanie Haffner-Luntzer, Julia F. Kunze, Anna-Lena J. Weiss, Sandra Foertsch, Stephanie Bergdolt, Anita Ignatius, Stefan O. Reber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00252/full