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Stephen M. Collins

Stephen M. Collins

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Medicine

D-Index
104
Citations
40242
World Ranking
7047
National Ranking
269

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Stephen M. Collins is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada. Their main field of study is Medicine, with a focus on subfields including Gastroenterology, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Physiology, and Biological Psychiatry.

The primary research interests of Stephen M. Collins center on gastrointestinal motility and disorders, gut microbiota and health, tryptophan and brain disorders, microscopic colitis, diet and metabolism studies, traumatic brain injury research, and pain mechanisms and treatments.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Stephen M. Collins include Giada De Palma, Přemysl Berčík, Elena F. Verdú, Andrea Nardelli, and Julien Pujo.

Collins has published extensively in various academic journals. Frequent publication venues include the Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology, Gastroenterology, Gut Microbes, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, and Brain Behavior and Immunity.

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Stephen M. Collins include:

  • Interrogating the Gut-Brain Axis in the Context of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Translational Approach, 2020, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
  • Histamine production by the gut microbiota induces visceral hyperalgesia through histamine 4 receptor signaling in mice, 2022, Science Translational Medicine
  • Metformin-induced reductions in tumor growth involves modulation of the gut microbiome, 2022, Molecular Metabolism
  • Gluten-Free Diet Reduces Symptoms, Particularly Diarrhea, in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Antigliadin IgG, 2020, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Saccharomyces boulardii CNCM I-745 modulates the microbiota-gut-brain axis in a humanized mouse model of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, 2020, Neurogastroenterology & Motility

Stephen M. Collins was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2013 by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • The intestinal microbiota affect central levels of brain-derived neurotropic factor and behavior in mice.

    Premysl Bercik;Emmanuel Denou;Josh Collins;Wendy Jackson

  • The interplay between the intestinal microbiota and the brain

    Stephen M. Collins;Michael Surette;Premysl Bercik

  • Activated mast cells in proximity to colonic nerves correlate with abdominal pain in irritable bowel syndrome.

    Giovanni Barbara;Vincenzo Stanghellini;Roberto De Giorgio;Cesare Cremon

  • The anxiolytic effect of Bifidobacterium longum NCC3001 involves vagal pathways for gut–brain communication

    P. Bercik;A. J. Park;D. Sinclair;A. Khoshdel

  • The role of psychological and biological factors in postinfective gut dysfunction

    Gwee Ka;Leong Yl;Graham C;McKendrick Mw

  • Probiotic Bifidobacterium longum NCC3001 Reduces Depression Scores and Alters Brain Activity: A Pilot Study in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

    Maria Ines Pinto-Sanchez;Geoffrey B. Hall;Kathy Ghajar;Andrea Nardelli

  • Chronic Gastrointestinal Inflammation Induces Anxiety-Like Behavior and Alters Central Nervous System Biochemistry in Mice

    Premysl Bercik;Elena F Verdu;Jane A Foster;Jane A Foster;Joseph Macri

  • The Relationship Between Intestinal Microbiota and the Central Nervous System in Normal Gastrointestinal Function and Disease

    Stephen M. Collins;Premsyl Bercik

  • Frozen vs Fresh Fecal Microbiota Transplantation and Clinical Resolution of Diarrhea in Patients With Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Christine H. Lee;Christine H. Lee;Theodore Steiner;Elaine O. Petrof;Marek Smieja;Marek Smieja

  • Psychometric scores and persistence of irritable bowel after infectious diarrhoea

    K.A Gwee;N.W Read;J.C Graham;M.W McKendrick

  • The immunomodulation of enteric neuromuscular function: implications for motility and inflammatory disorders.

    Stephen M. Collins

  • Increased rectal mucosal expression of interleukin 1β in recently acquired post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome

    Gwee Ka;Collins Sm;Read Nw;Rajnakova A

  • Microbiota and host determinants of behavioural phenotype in maternally separated mice

    G. De Palma;P. Blennerhassett;J. Lu;Y. Deng

  • Proton Pump Inhibitors Exacerbate NSAID-Induced Small Intestinal Injury by Inducing Dysbiosis

    John L. Wallace;Stephanie Syer;Emmanuel Denou;Giada de Palma

  • Specific probiotic therapy attenuates antibiotic induced visceral hypersensitivity in mice

    Elena F Verdu;Premysl Bercik;Monica Verma-Gandhu;Xian-Xi Huang

  • Incidence and Epidemiology of Irritable Bowel Syndrome After a Large Waterborne Outbreak of Bacterial Dysentery

    John K. Marshall;Marroon Thabane;Amit X. Garg;William F. Clark

  • Somatostatinoma syndrome. Biochemical, morphologic and clinical features.

    G. J. Krejs;L. Orci;J. M. Conlon;M. Ravazzola

  • Transplantation of fecal microbiota from patients with irritable bowel syndrome alters gut function and behavior in recipient mice.

    Giada De Palma;Michael D. J. Lynch;Jun Lu;Vi T. Dang

  • Microbes and the gut-brain axis.

    P. Bercik;S. M. Collins;E. F. Verdu

  • Evolving pathophysiologic models of functional gastrointestinal disorders

    Emeran A. Mayer;Stephen M. Collins

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce A. Vallance
Bruce A. Vallance University of British Columbia
Waliul I. Khan
Waliul I. Khan McMaster University
Paul Moayyedi
Paul Moayyedi McMaster University
Jack Gauldie
Jack Gauldie McMaster University
Michael G. Surette
Michael G. Surette McMaster University
Edwin E. Daniel
Edwin E. Daniel University of Alberta
Giovanni Barbara
Giovanni Barbara University of Bologna
Amit X. Garg
Amit X. Garg University of Western Ontario
Vincenzo Stanghellini
Vincenzo Stanghellini University of Bologna
Peter J. Whorwell
Peter J. Whorwell University of Manchester

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