Probiotics reduce repeated water avoidance stress-induced colonic microinflammation in Wistar rats in a sex-specific manner.

The colonic response to stress is greater in female rats than in male rats. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of probiotics in the repeated water avoidance stress (rWAS)-induced colonic microinflammation model of Wistar rats in a sex-specific manner. The three groups (no-stress, WAS,...

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Main Authors: Ju Yup Lee, Nayoung Kim, Ryoung Hee Nam, Sung Hwa Sohn, Sun Min Lee, Daeun Choi, Hyuk Yoon, Yong Sung Kim, Hye Seung Lee, Dong Ho Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5731730?pdf=render