Microbiology: Gut microbes augment neurodegeneration

Are We Really Vastly Outnumbered? Revisiting the Ratio of Bacterial to Host Cells in Humans

(2016) Ron Sender et al.   CELL

Gut Microbiota Regulate Motor Deficits and Neuroinflammation in a Model of Parkinson’s Disease

(2016) Timothy R. Sampson et al.   CELL

Antibiotic-induced perturbations in gut microbial diversity influences neuro-inflammation and amyloidosis in a murine model of Alzheimer’s disease

(2016) Myles R. Minter et al.   Scientific Reports

Vagotomy and subsequent risk of Parkinson's disease

(2015) Elisabeth Svensson et al.   ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

Infiltration of circulating myeloid cells through CD95L contributes to neurodegeneration in mice

(2015) Liang Gao et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Host microbiota constantly control maturation and function of microglia in the CNS

(2015) Daniel Erny et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Gut microbiota are related to Parkinson's disease and clinical phenotype

(2014) Filip Scheperjans et al.   MOVEMENT DISORDERS

Microglia and brain macrophages in the molecular age: from origin to neuropsychiatric disease

(2014) Marco Prinz et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

The gut microbiota influences blood-brain barrier permeability in mice

(2014) V. Braniste et al.   Science Translational Medicine

A new type of microglia gene targeting shows TAK1 to be pivotal in CNS autoimmune inflammation

(2013) Tobias Goldmann et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

The Microbial Metabolites, Short-Chain Fatty Acids, Regulate Colonic Treg Cell Homeostasis

(2013) P. M. Smith et al.   SCIENCE

A Progressive Mouse Model of Parkinson’s Disease: The Thy1-aSyn (“Line 61”) Mice

(2012) Marie-Francoise Chesselet et al.   Neurotherapeutics

Normal gut microbiota modulates brain development and behavior

(2011) R. D. Heijtz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA