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Farhana Anuar
Researcher at Karolinska Institutet
Publications - 4
Citations - 4129
Farhana Anuar is an academic researcher from Karolinska Institutet. The author has contributed to research in topics: Gut flora & Gut–brain axis. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications receiving 3151 citations. Previous affiliations of Farhana Anuar include Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology.
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Normal gut microbiota modulates brain development and behavior
Rochellys Diaz Heijtz,Shugui Wang,Farhana Anuar,Yu Qian,Britta Björkholm,Annika Samuelsson,Martin L. Hibberd,Hans Forssberg,Sven Pettersson +8 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that germ free (GF) mice display increased motor activity and reduced anxiety, compared with specific pathogen free (SPF) mice with a normal gut microbiota, suggesting that the microbial colonization process initiates signaling mechanisms that affect neuronal circuits involved in motor control and anxiety behavior.
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The gut microbiota influences blood-brain barrier permeability in mice
Viorica Braniste,Maha Al-Asmakh,Czeslawa Kowal,Farhana Anuar,Afrouz Abbaspour,Miklós Tóth,Agata Korecka,Nadja Bakocevic,Lai Guan Ng,Parag Kundu,Balázs Gulyás,Balázs Gulyás,Christer Halldin,Christer Halldin,Kjell Hultenby,Harriet Nilsson,Hans Hebert,Bruce T. Volpe,Betty Diamond,Sven Pettersson,Sven Pettersson +20 more
TL;DR: It is shown that germ-free pregnant dams, devoid of maternal microbes, have offspring that show increased permeability of the blood-brain barrier, suggesting that crosstalk between the gut microbiota and the brain, initiated during the intrauterine period, is perpetuated throughout life.
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The gut microbiota and developmental programming of the testis in mice.
Maha Al-Asmakh,Jan-Bernd Stukenborg,Ahmed Reda,Farhana Anuar,Mona-Lisa Strand,Lars O. Hedin,Sven Pettersson,Olle Söder +7 more
TL;DR: The gut microbiome can modulate the permeability of the BTB and might play a role in the regulation of endocrine functions of the testis.
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Gut microbial communities modulating brain development and function.
TL;DR: Recent observations suggest that one such external cue is the indigenous microbiota which has been shown to affect developmental programming of the brain which may have consequences for brain maturation and function that impact on cognitive functions later in life.