Microbiota is essential for social development in the mouse

The microbiota–gut–brain axis is an emerging concept in modern medicine informed by the ability of gut microbiota to alter brain and behaviour.1 Although some clinical studies have revealed altered gut microbiota composition in patients with neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism,2, 3 the specific contributions of microbiota in early life to the development and programming of the various facets of social behaviour has not been investigated.

• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Molecular Psychiatry

• Publication date

  2013-05-21

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1038/mp.2013.65PMID 23689536PMCID 3903109
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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