Relative abundance of Akkermansia spp. and other bacterial phylotypes correlates with anxiety- and depressive-like behavior following social defeat in mice

Abstract As discussion of stress and stress-related disorders rapidly extends beyond the brain, gut microbiota have emerged as a promising contributor to individual differences in the risk of illness, disease course, and treatment response. Here, we employed chronic mild social defeat stress and 16S...

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Main Authors: Kara D. McGaughey, Tulay Yilmaz-Swenson, Nourhan M. Elsayed, Dianne A. Cruz, Ramona M. Rodriguiz, Michael D. Kritzer, Angel V. Peterchev, Jeffrey Roach, William C. Wetsel, Douglas E. Williamson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40140-5