Gut‐brain axis serotonergic responses to acute stress exposure are microbiome‐dependent

Abstract

Understanding the mechanisms underpinning the response to acute stress is critical for determining how this can be modulated in both health and disease and across sexes. Stress can markedly alter the microbiome and gut‐brain axis signaling with the serotonergic system being particularly sensitive to acute stress. As the impact of acute stress on regional serotonergic dynamics in the gut‐brain axis and the contribution of the microbiome to this are poorly appreciated, we used microbiota‐deficient mice to assess whether the serotonergic response to acute stress exposure is microbiome dependent.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
May 11, 2020
Source ID
10.1111/nmo.13881

Entities

People

  • Cassandra E. Gheorghe
  • Gerard Clarke
  • John F. Cryan
  • Joshua M. Lyte
  • Michael S Goodson
  • Nancy Kelley‐loughnane
  • Timothy G. Dinan

Organizations

  • 711th Human Performance Wing
  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Science Foundation Ireland
  • University College Cork

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Fields of Study

  • Biology

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