Gut – brain communication: Permitting pain
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 18, 514 (2017).
doi:10.1038/nrn.2017.103
Author: Katherine Whalley
Neuropathic pain is a common adverse effect of chemotherapeutic agents, such as oxaliplatin. The authors here showed that antibiotic-mediated eradication of the gut microbiota protects mice against both oxaliplatin-induced inflammation in the dorsal root ganglia and mechanical hyperalgesia. The permissive effect of the gut microbiota
Source: Nature Reviews Neuroscience - Category: Neuroscience Authors: Katherine Whalley Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research