The gut microbiota influences blood-brain barrier permeability in mice

• DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3009759
• Publication Date: 2014-11-20T04:49:02Z
• Authors: Viorica Braniste; Maha Al-Asmakh; Czeslawa Kowal; Farhana Anuar; Afrouz Abbaspour; Miklós Tóth; Agata Korecka; Nadja Bakocevic; Lai Guan Ng; Parag Kundu; Balázs Gulyás; Christer Halldin; Kjell Hultenby; Harriet Nilsson; Hans Hebert; Bruce T. Volpe; Betty Diamond; Sven Pettersson
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; Microbiota; 610; Permeability; Tight Junctions; 3. Good health; Intestines; Mice; 03 medical and health sciences; Blood brain barrier; Blood-Brain Barrier; Pregnancy; 616; Animals; Female; blood-brain

The intestinal microbiota helps to maintain the integrity of the blood-brain barrier in fetal and adult mice.