Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Infant gut microbiome composition is associated with non-social fear behavior in a pilot study

  • Alexander L. Carlson,
  • Kai Xia,
  • M. Andrea Azcarate-Peril,
  • Samuel P. Rosin,
  • Jason P. Fine,
  • Wancen Mu,
  • Jared B. Zopp,
  • Mary C. Kimmel,
  • Martin A. Styner,
  • Amanda L. Thompson,
  • Cathi B. Propper,
  • Rebecca C. Knickmeyer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23281-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Experimental manipulation of the gut microbiome in animal models impacts fear behaviours. Here, the authors show in a pilot study that features of the human infant gut microbiome are associated with non-social fear behaviours during a laboratory based assessment.