47.1 stressor-enhanced anxiety-like behavior: importance of gut microbes

There is increasing evidence indicating that gut microbes are involved in behavioral and emotional disorders. Stressful periods exacerbate or precede the development of these disorders, but whether this involves gut microbes is not yet clear. As such, we used translational paradigms to study the role of gut microbes in anxiety-like behavior during stress. Because of the impact of stressor-induced neuroinflammation on behavior, links between the microbiota and neuroinflammation are also assessed.
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Source Type: research