Exploratory Investigation of Intestinal Function and Bacterial Translocation After Focal Cerebral Ischemia in the Mouse

Background and Purpose: The gut communicates with the brain bidirectionally via neural, humoral and immune pathways. All these pathways are affected by acute brain lesions, such as stroke. Brain-gut communication may therefore impact on the overall outcome after CNS-injury. Until now, contradictory...

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Main Authors: Naoki Oyama, Katarzyna Winek, Priscilla Bäcker-Koduah, Tian Zhang, Claudia Dames, Martina Werich, Olivia Kershaw, Christian Meisel, Andreas Meisel, Ulrich Dirnagl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2018.00937/full