Microbiota-brain interactions: Moving toward mechanisms in model organisms

First evidence of altered microbiota and intestinal damage and their link to absence epilepsy in a genetic animal model, the WAG/Rij rat

(2021) Rita Citraro et al.   EPILEPSIA

Using zebrafish (Danio rerio) models to understand the critical role of social interactions in mental health and wellbeing

(2021) Barbara D. Fontana et al.   PROGRESS IN NEUROBIOLOGY

DNA Methylation Profiles of Tph1A and BDNF in Gut and Brain of L. Rhamnosus-Treated Zebrafish

(2021) Mariella Cuomo et al.   Biomolecules

Dissecting the contribution of host genetics and the microbiome in complex behaviors

(2021) Shelly A. Buffington et al.   CELL

High-fiber diet mitigates maternal obesity-induced cognitive and social dysfunction in the offspring via gut-brain axis

(2021) Xiaoning Liu et al.   Cell Metabolism

Priming for Life: Early Life Nutrition and the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis

(2021) Anna Ratsika et al.   Nutrients

Gut Microbiome in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

(2021) Laura M. Cox et al.   ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

Control of Immunity by the Microbiota

(2021) Eduard Ansaldo et al.   Annual Review of Immunology

Maternal antibiotic administration during a critical developmental window has enduring neurobehavioural effects in offspring mice

(2021) Rory O’Connor et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Host genetics, the microbiome & behaviour—a ‘Holobiont’ perspective

(2021) Jatin Nagpal et al.   CELL RESEARCH

Response of the microbiome–gut–brain axis in Drosophila to amino acid deficit

(2021) Boram Kim et al.   NATURE

Vagotomy and insights into the microbiota-gut-brain axis

(2021) Yunpeng Liu et al.   NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH

A Microbiota-Directed Food Intervention for Undernourished Children

(2021) Robert Y. Chen et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Gut microbiome modulates Drosophila aggression through octopamine signaling

(2021) Yicong Jia et al.   Nature Communications

Microbiota regulate social behaviour via stress response neurons in the brain

(2021) Wei-Li Wu et al.   NATURE

The microbial metabolite p-Cresol induces autistic-like behaviors in mice by remodeling the gut microbiota

(2021) Patricia Bermudez-Martin et al.   Microbiome

Establishing or Exaggerating Causality for the Gut Microbiome: Lessons from Human Microbiota-Associated Rodents

(2020) Jens Walter et al.   CELL

Probiotic Bacillus subtilis Protects against α-Synuclein Aggregation in C. elegans

(2020) María Eugenia Goya et al.   Cell Reports

A gut bacterial amyloid promotes α-synuclein aggregation and motor impairment in mice

(2020) Timothy R Sampson et al.   eLife

The Role of Short-Chain Fatty Acids From Gut Microbiota in Gut-Brain Communication

(2020) Ygor Parladore Silva et al.   Frontiers in Endocrinology

EGCG ameliorates neuronal and behavioral defects by remodeling gut microbiota and TotM expression in Drosophila models of Parkinson’s disease

(2020) Yi Xu et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Updated review of research on the gut microbiota and their relation to depression in animals and human beings

(2020) Zhongli Yang et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

C9orf72 suppresses systemic and neural inflammation induced by gut bacteria

(2020) Aaron Burberry et al.   NATURE

Bacterially produced metabolites protect C. elegans neurons from degeneration

(2020) Arles Urrutia et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Gut microbiota from persons with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder affects the brain in mice

(2020) Anouk C. Tengeler et al.   Microbiome

Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology of Vasopressin/ Oxytocin-Type Neuropeptide Signaling in Invertebrates

(2020) Esther A. Odekunle et al.   Frontiers in Endocrinology

Developmental Signatures of Microbiota-Derived Metabolites in the Mouse Brain

(2020) Jonathan R. Swann et al.   Metabolites

Identification of a Signaling Mechanism by Which the Microbiome Regulates Th17 Cell-Mediated Depressive-Like Behaviors in Mice

(2020) Eva M. Medina-Rodriguez et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

Microbial Mind Control

(2020) Molly A. Matty et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

The Microbiome as a Modifier of Neurodegenerative Disease Risk

(2020) P. Fang et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Brain oxytocin: how puzzle stones from animal studies translate into psychiatry

(2020) Valery Grinevich et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

A neurotransmitter produced by gut bacteria modulates host sensory behaviour

(2020) Michael P. O’Donnell et al.   NATURE

The vagus nerve is necessary for the rapid and widespread neuronal activation in the brain following oral administration of psychoactive bacteria

(2020) Aadil Bharwani et al.   NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

CeMbio - The Caenorhabditis elegans Microbiome Resource

(2020) Philipp Dirksen et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

The gut microbiota — brain axis of insects

(2020) Joanito Liberti et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

How commensal microbes shape the physiology of Drosophila melanogaster

(2020) Theodore Grenier et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Towards a psychobiotic therapy for depression: Bifidobacterium breve CCFM1025 reverses chronic stress-induced depressive symptoms and gut microbial abnormalities in mice

(2020) Peijun Tian et al.   Neurobiology of Stress

Holo-Omics: Integrated Host-Microbiota Multi-omics for Basic and Applied Biological Research

(2020) Lasse Nyholm et al.   iScience

Enduring Behavioral Effects Induced by Birth by Caesarean Section in the Mouse

(2020) Livia H. Morais et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A diet-induced gut microbiota component and related plasma metabolites are associated with depressive-like behaviour in rats

(2020) Anders Abildgaard et al.   EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

The maternal microbiome modulates fetal neurodevelopment in mice

(2020) Helen E. Vuong et al.   NATURE

Gut microbiota in human metabolic health and disease

(2020) Yong Fan et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The gut microbiota–brain axis in behaviour and brain disorders

(2020) Livia H. Morais et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Gut microbial molecules in behavioural and neurodegenerative conditions

(2020) Brittany D. Needham et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

How Bacteria Impact Host Nervous System and Behaviors: Lessons from Flies and Worms

(2020) Ambra Masuzzo et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Metabolic cross-feeding in imbalanced diets allows gut microbes to improve reproduction and alter host behaviour

(2020) Sílvia F. Henriques et al.   Nature Communications

Interactions between the microbiome and mating influence the female’s transcriptional profile in Drosophila melanogaster

(2020) Sofie Y. N. Delbare et al.   Scientific Reports

Gut Microbiota-Induced Changes in β-Hydroxybutyrate Metabolism Are Linked to Altered Sociability and Depression in Alcohol Use Disorder

(2020) Sophie Leclercq et al.   Cell Reports

The gut microbiome defines social group membership in honey bee colonies

(2020) Cassondra L. Vernier et al.   Science Advances

Conserved anti-inflammatory effects and sensing of butyrate in zebrafish

(2020) Pradeep Manuneedhi Cholan et al.   Gut Microbes

Enteroendocrine cells sense bacterial tryptophan catabolites to activate enteric and vagal neuronal pathways

(2020) Lihua Ye et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Volatility as a Concept to Understand the Impact of Stress on the Microbiome

(2020) Thomaz F.S Bastiaanssen et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

The gut microbiome from patients with schizophrenia modulates the glutamate-glutamine-GABA cycle and schizophrenia-relevant behaviors in mice

(2019) Peng Zheng et al.   Science Advances

The neuroactive potential of the human gut microbiota in quality of life and depression

(2019) Mireia Valles-Colomer et al.   Nature Microbiology

Gut Microbe to Brain Signaling: What Happens in Vagus…

(2019) Christine Fülling et al.   NEURON

The gut microbiome regulates the increases in depressive-type behaviors and in inflammatory processes in the ventral hippocampus of stress vulnerable rats

(2019) Jiah Pearson-Leary et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

Gut microbiota affects development and olfactory behavior in Drosophila melanogaster

(2019) Huili Qiao et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Drosophila Histone Demethylase KDM5 Regulates Social Behavior through Immune Control and Gut Microbiota Maintenance

(2019) Kun Chen et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

A Forward Chemical Genetic Screen Reveals Gut Microbiota Metabolites That Modulate Host Physiology

(2019) Haiwei Chen et al.   CELL

Sex-specific effects of microbiome perturbations on cerebral Aβ amyloidosis and microglia phenotypes

(2019) Hemraj B. Dodiya et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Microbiota alter metabolism and mediate neurodevelopmental toxicity of 17β-estradiol

(2019) Tara R. Catron et al.   Scientific Reports

Human Gut Microbiota from Autism Spectrum Disorder Promote Behavioral Symptoms in Mice

(2019) Gil Sharon et al.   CELL

The microbiome and mental health: Hope or hype?

(2019) Valerie H. Taylor   JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY & NEUROSCIENCE

Potential roles of gut microbiome and metabolites in modulating ALS in mice

(2019) Eran Blacher et al.   NATURE

A novel synbiotic delays Alzheimer’s disease onset via combinatorial gut-brain-axis signaling in Drosophila melanogaster

(2019) Susan Westfall et al.   PLoS One

Discovery and inhibition of an interspecies gut bacterial pathway for Levodopa metabolism

(2019) Vayu Maini Rekdal et al.   SCIENCE

The human gut chemical landscape predicts microbe-mediated biotransformation of foods and drugs

(2019) Leah Guthrie et al.   eLife

Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis: New Therapeutic Opportunities

(2019) Caitríona Long-Smith et al.   Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Host-Microbe-Drug-Nutrient Screen Identifies Bacterial Effectors of Metformin Therapy

(2019) Rosina Pryor et al.   CELL

Mapping Interactions of Microbial Metabolites with Human G-Protein-Coupled Receptors

(2019) Dominic A. Colosimo et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

The zebrafish subcortical social brain as a model for studying social behavior disorders

(2019) Yijie Geng et al.   Disease Models & Mechanisms

Transfer of a healthy microbiota reduces amyloid and tau pathology in an Alzheimer’s disease animal model

(2019) Min-Soo Kim et al.   GUT

Simple animal models for microbiome research

(2019) Angela E. Douglas   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis

(2019) John F. Cryan et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Effects of microbiota-directed foods in gnotobiotic animals and undernourished children

(2019) Jeanette L. Gehrig et al.   SCIENCE

Fecal microbiota transplantation alleviated Alzheimer’s disease-like pathogenesis in APP/PS1 transgenic mice

(2019) Jing Sun et al.   Translational Psychiatry

Annual Research Review: Critical windows – the microbiota–gut–brain axis in neurocognitive development

(2019) Caitlin S. M. Cowan et al.   JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY

Social creatures: Model animal systems for studying the neuroendocrine mechanisms of social behaviour

(2019) Kelly J. Robinson et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

The gut microbiome in neurological disorders

(2019) John F Cryan et al.   LANCET NEUROLOGY

Microbiota and the social brain

(2019) Eoin Sherwin et al.   SCIENCE

Bacteria evoke alarm behaviour in zebrafish

(2019) Joanne Shu Ming Chia et al.   Nature Communications

Suppression of gut dysbiosis by Bifidobacterium longum alleviates cognitive decline in 5XFAD transgenic and aged mice

(2019) Hae-Ji Lee et al.   Scientific Reports

Depression's Unholy Trinity: Dysregulated Stress, Immunity, and the Microbiome

(2019) Joana S. Cruz-Pereira et al.   Annual Review of Psychology

Alterations of the gut microbiota with antibiotics protects dopamine neuron loss and improve motor deficits in a pharmacological rodent model of Parkinson's disease

(2019) Dimitri N. Koutzoumis et al.   EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY

You’ve got male: Sex and the microbiota-gut-brain axis across the lifespan

(2019) Minal Jaggar et al.   FRONTIERS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

The microbiota-immune axis as a central mediator of gut-brain communication

(2019) Thomas C. Fung   NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE

Neural control of behavioral and molecular defenses in C. elegans

(2019) Jogender Singh et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Neuroprotective effects of fecal microbiota transplantation on MPTP-induced Parkinson’s disease mice: Gut microbiota, glial reaction and TLR4/TNF-α signaling pathway

(2018) Meng-Fei Sun et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY

Dysbiosis of microbiome and probiotic treatment in a genetic model of autism spectrum disorders

(2018) Laure Tabouy et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY

Antibiotic-induced microbiota perturbation causes gut endocannabinoidome changes, hippocampal neuroglial reorganization and depression in mice

(2018) F. Guida et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY

Neurotransmitter modulation by the gut microbiota

(2018) Philip Strandwitz   BRAIN RESEARCH

The Gut Microbiota Mediates the Anti-Seizure Effects of the Ketogenic Diet

(2018) Christine A. Olson et al.   CELL

Integrative whole-brain neuroscience in larval zebrafish

(2018) Gilles C .Vanwalleghem et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

The vagus nerve modulates BDNF expression and neurogenesis in the hippocampus

(2018) Olivia F. O’Leary et al.   EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

The long and the short of it – a perspective on peptidergic regulation of circuits and behaviour

(2018) Gáspár Jékely et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The maternal vaginal microbiome partially mediates the effects of prenatal stress on offspring gut and hypothalamus

(2018) Eldin Jašarević et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Gut Microbiota and the Neuroendocrine System

(2018) Aitak Farzi et al.   Neurotherapeutics

Zebrafish Axenic Larvae Colonization with Human Intestinal Microbiota

(2018) Nerea Arias-Jayo et al.   Zebrafish

Predator-secreted sulfolipids induce defensive responses in C. elegans

(2018) Zheng Liu et al.   Nature Communications

The Drosophila microbiome has a limited influence on sleep, activity, and courtship behaviors

(2018) Joel Selkrig et al.   Scientific Reports

Which experimental systems should we use for human microbiome science?

(2018) Angela E. Douglas   PLOS BIOLOGY

Anatomy, development, and plasticity of the neurosecretory hypothalamus in zebrafish

(2018) Jatin Nagpal et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

Gut microbiota influences Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis by regulating acetate in Drosophila model

(2018) Yan Kong et al.   Future Microbiology

Identification of attractive odorants released by preferred bacterial food found in the natural habitats of C. elegans

(2018) Soleil E. Worthy et al.   PLoS One

ASICs Mediate Food Responses in an Enteric Serotonergic Neuron that Controls Foraging Behaviors

(2018) Jeffrey L. Rhoades et al.   CELL

Pituicyte Cues Regulate the Development of Permeable Neuro-Vascular Interfaces

(2018) Savani Anbalagan et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

A gut microbial factor modulates locomotor behaviour in Drosophila

(2018) Catherine E. Schretter et al.   NATURE

Mechanisms Underlying Microbial-Mediated Changes in Social Behavior in Mouse Models of Autism Spectrum Disorder

(2018) Martina Sgritta et al.   NEURON

GABA-modulating bacteria of the human gut microbiota

(2018) Philip Strandwitz et al.   Nature Microbiology

The Natural Biotic Environment ofCaenorhabditis elegans

(2017) Hinrich Schulenburg et al.   GENETICS

Commensal bacteria make GPCR ligands that mimic human signalling molecules

(2017) Louis J. Cohen et al.   NATURE

Maternal gut bacteria promote neurodevelopmental abnormalities in mouse offspring

(2017) Sangdoo Kim et al.   NATURE

Interactions between the microbiota, immune and nervous systems in health and disease

(2017) Thomas C Fung et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Neuroimmunology and neuroepigenetics in the establishment of sex differences in the brain

(2017) Margaret M. McCarthy et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Do bacteria shape our development? Crosstalk between intestinal microbiota and HPA axis

(2017) Carolina de Weerth   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Gut microbiomes and reproductive isolation inDrosophila

(2017) Philip T. Leftwich et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gut bacteria from multiple sclerosis patients modulate human T cells and exacerbate symptoms in mouse models

(2017) Egle Cekanaviciute et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gut microbiota from multiple sclerosis patients enables spontaneous autoimmune encephalomyelitis in mice

(2017) Kerstin Berer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2017) Giada De Palma et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Low-dose penicillin in early life induces long-term changes in murine gut microbiota, brain cytokines and behavior

(2017) Sophie Leclercq et al.   Nature Communications

Intestinal microbial dysbiosis aggravates the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in Drosophila

(2017) Shih-Cheng Wu et al.   Nature Communications

Olfactory detection of a bacterial short-chain fatty acid acts as an orexigenic signal in Drosophila melanogaster larvae

(2017) Ana Depetris-Chauvin et al.   Scientific Reports

Sex-related alterations of gut microbiota composition in the BTBR mouse model of autism spectrum disorder

(2017) Lorena Coretti et al.   Scientific Reports

Microbial colonization is required for normal neurobehavioral development in zebrafish

(2017) Drake Phelps et al.   Scientific Reports

Human Gut-Derived Commensal Bacteria Suppress CNS Inflammatory and Demyelinating Disease

(2017) Ashutosh Mangalam et al.   Cell Reports

Commensal bacteria and essential amino acids control food choice behavior and reproduction

(2017) Ricardo Leitão-Gonçalves et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Metabolite exchange between microbiome members produces compounds that influence Drosophila behavior

(2017) Caleb N Fischer et al.   eLife

Microbiota Modulate Anxiety-Like Behavior and Endocrine Abnormalities in Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis

(2017) Ran Huo et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

The Natural Biotic Environment ofCaenorhabditis elegans

(2017) Hinrich Schulenburg et al.   GENETICS

Microbiota-related Changes in Bile Acid & Tryptophan Metabolism are Associated with Gastrointestinal Dysfunction in a Mouse Model of Autism

(2017) Anna V. Golubeva et al.   EBioMedicine

Reduction of Abeta amyloid pathology in APPPS1 transgenic mice in the absence of gut microbiota

(2017) T. Harach et al.   Scientific Reports

Microbial modulation of behavior and stress responses in zebrafish larvae

(2016) Daniel J. Davis et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

The native microbiome of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans: gateway to a new host-microbiome model

(2016) Philipp Dirksen et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Are We Really Vastly Outnumbered? Revisiting the Ratio of Bacterial to Host Cells in Humans

(2016) Ron Sender et al.   CELL

Microbial Reconstitution Reverses Maternal Diet-Induced Social and Synaptic Deficits in Offspring

(2016) Shelly A. Buffington et al.   CELL

Gut Microbiota Regulate Motor Deficits and Neuroinflammation in a Model of Parkinson’s Disease

(2016) Timothy R. Sampson et al.   CELL

The Central Nervous System and the Gut Microbiome

(2016) Gil Sharon et al.   CELL

Human Microbiota-Associated Mice: A Model with Challenges

(2016) Marie-Claire Arrieta et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Effects of β-diketone antibiotic mixtures on behavior of zebrafish ( Danio rerio )

(2016) Xuedong Wang et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Growing up in a Bubble: Using Germ-Free Animals to Assess the Influence of the Gut Microbiota on Brain and Behavior

(2016) Pauline Luczynski et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Transferring the blues: Depression-associated gut microbiota induces neurobehavioural changes in the rat

(2016) John R. Kelly et al.   JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH

Gut microbiome remodeling induces depressive-like behaviors through a pathway mediated by the host’s metabolism

(2016) P Zheng et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

Dietary 2’-Fucosyllactose Enhances Operant Conditioning and Long-Term Potentiation via Gut-Brain Communication through the Vagus Nerve in Rodents

(2016) Enrique Vazquez et al.   PLoS One

Caenorhabditis elegansresponses to bacteria from its natural habitats

(2016) Buck S. Samuel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The maternal interleukin-17a pathway in mice promotes autism-like phenotypes in offspring

(2016) G. B. Choi et al.   SCIENCE

Zebrafish Genome Engineering Using the CRISPR–Cas9 System

(2016) Mingyu Li et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Ketogenic diet modifies the gut microbiota in a murine model of autism spectrum disorder

(2016) Christopher Newell et al.   Molecular Autism

Getting the Hologenome Concept Right: an Eco-Evolutionary Framework for Hosts and Their Microbiomes

(2016) Kevin R. Theis et al.   mSystems

Probiotic modulation of the microbiota-gut-brain axis and behaviour in zebrafish

(2016) Luca Borrelli et al.   Scientific Reports

Lactobacillus plantarum attenuates anxiety-related behavior and protects against stress-induced dysbiosis in adult zebrafish

(2016) Daniel J. Davis et al.   Scientific Reports

Antibiotic-induced perturbations in gut microbial diversity influences neuro-inflammation and amyloidosis in a murine model of Alzheimer’s disease

(2016) Myles R. Minter et al.   Scientific Reports

Exposure to the Functional Bacterial Amyloid Protein Curli Enhances Alpha-Synuclein Aggregation in Aged Fischer 344 Rats and Caenorhabditis elegans

(2016) Shu G. Chen et al.   Scientific Reports

The Host as the Driver of the Microbiota in the Gut and External Environment of Drosophila melanogaster

(2015) Adam C.-N. Wong et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Control of Brain Development, Function, and Behavior by the Microbiome

(2015) Timothy R. Sampson et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Genetics on the Fly: A Primer on the Drosophila Model System

(2015) K. G. Hales et al.   GENETICS

A Transparent Window into Biology: A Primer on Caenorhabditis elegans

(2015) Ann K. Corsi et al.   GENETICS

A natural odor attraction between lactic acid bacteria and the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

(2015) Jae Im Choi et al.   ISME Journal

Host microbiota constantly control maturation and function of microglia in the CNS

(2015) Daniel Erny et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Stress and the social brain: behavioural effects and neurobiological mechanisms

(2015) Carmen Sandi et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Investigating the long-term effect of subchronic phencyclidine-treatment on novel object recognition and the association between the gut microbiota and behavior in the animal model of schizophrenia

(2015) B. Pyndt Jørgensen et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Dialogue betweenE. colifree radical pathways and the mitochondria ofC. elegans

(2015) J. Amaranath Govindan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Prenatal stress-induced alterations in major physiological systems correlate with gut microbiota composition in adulthood

(2015) Anna V. Golubeva et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Drosophila Chemoreceptors: A Molecular Interface Between the Chemical World and the Brain

(2015) Ryan M. Joseph et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

RNAi Interrogation of Dietary Modulation of Development, Metabolism, Behavior, and Aging in C. elegans

(2015) Rui Xiao et al.   Cell Reports

First quantitative high-throughput screen in zebrafish identifies novel pathways for increasing pancreatic β-cell mass

(2015) Guangliang Wang et al.   eLife

A Transparent Window into Biology: A Primer on Caenorhabditis elegans

(2015) Ann K. Corsi et al.   GENETICS

Interspecies Systems Biology Uncovers Metabolites Affecting C. elegans Gene Expression and Life History Traits

(2014) Emma Watson et al.   CELL

Gut Microbes and the Brain: Paradigm Shift in Neuroscience

(2014) E. A. Mayer et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Gas Sensing in Nematodes

(2014) M. A. Carrillo et al.   MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY

Molecular psychiatry of zebrafish

(2014) A M Stewart et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

Upregulation of GPR109A in Parkinson’s Disease

(2014) Chandramohan Wakade et al.   PLoS One

Behavioral avoidance of pathogenic bacteria by Caenorhabditis elegans

(2014) Joshua D. Meisel et al.   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Metagenome-Wide Association of Microbial Determinants of Host Phenotype in Drosophila melanogaster

(2014) J. M. Chaston et al.   mBio

Psychobiotics: A Novel Class of Psychotropic

(2013) Timothy G. Dinan et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Altered gut microbiota and activity in a murine model of autism spectrum disorders

(2013) Caroline G.M. de Theije et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY

Microbiota Modulate Behavioral and Physiological Abnormalities Associated with Neurodevelopmental Disorders

(2013) Elaine Y. Hsiao et al.   CELL

The inconstant gut microbiota of Drosophila species revealed by 16S rRNA gene analysis

(2013) Adam C-N Wong et al.   ISME Journal

Microbiota is essential for social development in the mouse

(2013) L Desbonnet et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

The gut microbiota — masters of host development and physiology

(2013) Felix Sommer et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Host Species and Environmental Effects on Bacterial Communities Associated with Drosophila in the Laboratory and in the Natural Environment

(2013) Fabian Staubach et al.   PLoS One

Animals in a bacterial world, a new imperative for the life sciences

(2013) Margaret McFall-Ngai et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Psychobiological mechanisms underlying the social buffering of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenocortical axis: A review of animal models and human studies across development.

(2013) Camelia E. Hostinar et al.   PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN

The microbiome-gut-brain axis during early life regulates the hippocampal serotonergic system in a sex-dependent manner

(2012) G Clarke et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

The interplay between the intestinal microbiota and the brain

(2012) Stephen M. Collins et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Mind-altering microorganisms: the impact of the gut microbiota on brain and behaviour

(2012) John F. Cryan et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Measuring thigmotaxis in larval zebrafish

(2011) S.J. Schnörr et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

The Intestinal Microbiota Affect Central Levels of Brain-Derived Neurotropic Factor and Behavior in Mice

(2011) Premysl Bercik et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Evidence for a core gut microbiota in the zebrafish

(2011) Guus Roeselers et al.   ISME Journal

Commensal microbiota and myelin autoantigen cooperate to trigger autoimmune demyelination

(2011) Kerstin Berer et al.   NATURE

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

(2011) P. Bercik et al.   NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY AND MOTILITY

A rendezvous with our microbes

(2011) J. I. Gordon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Caenorhabditis elegans NPR-1-mediated behaviors are suppressed in the presence of mucoid bacteria

(2011) K. C. Reddy et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2011) J. A. Bravo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Normal gut microbiota modulates brain development and behavior

(2011) R. D. Heijtz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Drosophila Microbiome Modulates Host Developmental and Metabolic Homeostasis via Insulin Signaling

(2011) S. C. Shin et al.   SCIENCE

Bacterial Communities of Diverse Drosophila Species: Ecological Context of a Host–Microbe Model System

(2011) James Angus Chandler et al.   PLoS Genetics

Exposure to a social stressor alters the structure of the intestinal microbiota: Implications for stressor-induced immunomodulation

(2010) Michael T. Bailey et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY

Big ideas for small brains: what can psychiatry learn from worms, flies, bees and fish?

(2010) T Burne et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

A human gut microbial gene catalogue established by metagenomic sequencing

(2010) Junjie Qin et al.   NATURE

Animal models of neuropsychiatric disorders

(2010) Eric J Nestler et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

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

(2010) K. M. Neufeld et al.   NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY AND MOTILITY

Social Interactions in “Simple” Model Systems

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