Stress-induced disturbances along the gut microbiota-immune-brain axis and implications for mental health: Does sex matter?

MC Audet - Frontiers in neuroendocrinology, 2019 - Elsevier
Women are roughly twice as likely as men to suffer from stress-related disorders, especially
major depression and generalized anxiety. Accumulating evidence suggest that microbes …

You've got male: Sex and the microbiota-gut-brain axis across the lifespan

M Jaggar, K Rea, S Spichak, TG Dinan… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Sex is a critical factor in the diagnosis and development of a number of mental health
disorders including autism, schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, Parkinson's disease …

[HTML][HTML] Shedding light on biological sex differences and microbiota–gut–brain axis: a comprehensive review of its roles in neuropsychiatric disorders

P Shobeiri, A Kalantari, AL Teixeira, N Rezaei - Biology of sex differences, 2022 - Springer
Women and men are suggested to have differences in vulnerability to neuropsychiatric
disorders, including major depressive disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) …

Steroids, stress and the gut microbiome‐brain axis

MJ Tetel, GJ De Vries, RC Melcangi… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
It is becoming well established that the gut microbiome has a profound impact on human
health and disease. In this review, we explore how steroids can influence the gut microbiota …

[HTML][HTML] Gut–brain axis and mood disorder

L Liu, G Zhu - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Humans have over 100 trillion bacteria, highly abundant in the intestinal tract. Evidence
suggests that intestinal microbiota is associated with the neuro-endocrine-immune pathways …

[HTML][HTML] Never fear, the gut bacteria are here: Estrogen and gut microbiome-brain axis interactions in fear extinction

LY Maeng, A Beumer - International Journal of Psychophysiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Sex differences in the prevalence, symptomatology, severity, and other aspects of various
neuropsychiatric diseases have been consistently reported. Stress and fear-related …

[HTML][HTML] The microbiota-gut-brain axis in stress and depression

HE Tan - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Humans and animals are evolved to have instinctive physiological responses to threats. The
perception of threat by the brain triggers a multitude of changes across the brain and body. A …

A gut feeling: microbiome-brain-immune interactions modulate social and affective behaviors

KE Sylvia, GE Demas - Hormones and behavior, 2018 - Elsevier
The expression of a wide range of social and affective behaviors, including aggression and
investigation, as well as anxiety-and depressive-like behaviors, involves interactions among …

Microbes and mental health: A review

R Rieder, PJ Wisniewski, BL Alderman… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2017 - Elsevier
There is a growing emphasis on the relationship between the microorganisms inhabiting the
gut (gastrointestinal microbiota) and human health. The emergence of a microbiota-gut …

Gut microbiota and neuropsychiatric disorders: Implications for neuroendocrine-immune regulation

T Ge, X Yao, H Zhao, W Yang, X Zou, F Peng… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recently, increasing evidence has shown gut microbiota dysbiosis might be implicated in
the physiological mechanisms of neuropsychiatric disorders. Altered microbial community …