Moody microbes or fecal phrenology: what do we know about the microbiota-gut-brain axis?

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Published in BMC Med on April 19, 2016

Authors

Paul Forsythe1,2,3, Wolfgang Kunze4,5, John Bienenstock6,5

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. forsytp@mcmaster.ca.
2: McMaster Brain-Body Institute, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. forsytp@mcmaster.ca.
3: Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. forsytp@mcmaster.ca.
4: Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
5: McMaster Brain-Body Institute, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
6: Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Associated clinical trials:

Efficacy of Prebiotic and Probiotic Dietary Modulation in Schizophrenic Disorders | NCT04366401

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