John Bienenstock

Ingestion of <i>Lactobacillus</i> strain regulates emotional behavior and central GABA receptor expression in a mouse via the vagus nerve

Javier A. Bravo, Paul Forsythe, Marianne V. Chew et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011 · 3.7K citations · Full text

Reduced anxiety-like behavior and central neurochemical change in germ-free mice

K. M. Neufeld, N. Kang, John Bienenstock et al. · Neurogastroenterology & Motility · 2010 · 1.3K citations

The probiotic Bifidobacteria infantis: An assessment of potential antidepressant properties in the rat

Lieve Desbonnet, Lillian Garrett, Gerard Clarke et al. · Journal of Psychiatric Research · 2008 · 934 citations

Probiotic, Psychiatry, Medicine +8

Evidence for a common mucosal immunologic system. I. Migration of B immunoblasts into intestinal, respiratory, and genital tissues.

Mark R. McDermott, John Bienenstock · PubMed · 1979 · 735 citations

Clinical Immunology, Histocompatibility, Laboratory Immunology +20

Differential effects of vasoactive intestinal peptide, substance P, and somatostatin on immunoglobulin synthesis and proliferations by lymphocytes from Peyer's patches, mesenteric lymph nodes, and spleen.

Andrzej Stanisz, John Bienenstock · The Journal of Immunology · 1986 · 572 citations · Full text