Could gut microbiota influence severity of parkinson disease?

Access through your institution Buy or subscribe Intestinal microbiota can exacerbate motor deficits in Parkinson disease (PD), according to a mouse study published recently in _Cell_. “Our

findings indicate a role for microbial signals in PD,” says lead author Timothy Sampson from the laboratory of Sarkis Mazmanian at California Institute of Technology, USA. > Our findings 

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REFERENCES * Sampson, T. R. _ et al_. Gut microbiota regulate motor deficits and neuroinflammation in a model of Parkinson's disease. _Cell_ http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2016.11.018

(2016) Download references Authors * Hemi Malkki View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar RELATED LINKS RELATED LINKS RELATED LINKS IN NATURE

RESEARCH Klingelhoefer, L. & Reichmann, H. Pathogenesis of Parkinson disease—the gut–brain axis and environmental factors. _Nat. Rev. Neurol._ 11, 625–636 (2015) RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS

Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE Malkki, H. Could gut microbiota influence severity of Parkinson disease?. _Nat Rev Neurol_ 13, 66–67 (2017).

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