A depressed gut makes for a depressed brain via vagal transmission

Brain Behav Immun. 2021 Jul:95:15-16. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2021.03.017. Epub 2021 Mar 23.

Author

Soumyabrata Munshi¹

Affiliation

¹ Tulane Brain Institute, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118, United States of America. Electronic address: smunshi1@tulane.edu.

PMID: 33766699
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2021.03.017

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Keywords: Depression; Depression-related microbes; Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT); Microbiota-gut-brain axis; Vagus nerve.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Brain
Depression*
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation*
Mice
Mice, Knockout
Phenotype
Vagus Nerve
alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor

Substances

Chrna7 protein, mouse
alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor