Maria Viola

Nov 26, 2024 | laverita.info | Maria Viola

Feb 28, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Rubén García-Cabrerizo |Maria Viola |Pauline Luczynski |Gerard Clarke

AbstractThe gut microbiota has been shown to be an important regulator of brain and behaviour. Germ-free rodents are a key model to study the microbiome-gut-brain axis to reveal the microbial underpinnings of diseases, including those related to psychiatric illnesses. The present study evaluated whether the absence of gut microbiota could alter the morphological development of the nucleus accumbens, a brain region located in the ventral striatum involved in stress, mood and addiction.