Microbial Endocrinology: Interkingdom Signaling in Infectious Disease and Health

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lyte, Mark (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2016.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 874
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Medical microbiology.; Virology.; Infectious diseases.; Neurobiology.; Biomedicine.; Medical Microbiology.; Infectious Diseases.

This new edition highlights the numerous advances made in the field of microbial endocrinology over the last five years. Prominent among these new topics featured is the emergence of the microbiota-gut-brain axis and the role it plays in brain function. Specific focus is given to the role of microbi...