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

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Year: 2016

Reference: Kelly, J. R., Borre, Y., O' Brien, C., Patterson, E., El Aidy, S., Deane, J., Kennedy, P. J., Beers, S., Scott, K., Moloney, G., Hoban, A. E., Scott, L., Fitzgerald, P., Ross, P., Stanton, C., Clarke, G., Cryan, J. F., & Dinan, T. G. (2016). Transferring the blues: Depression-associated gut microbiota induces neurobehavioural changes in the rat. Journal of psychiatric research, 82, 109–118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2016.07.019

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