Diet, the Gut Microbiome, and Mouse Social Behavior (video)

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Are autism-related social behaviors in mice related to diet? Mauro Costa-Mattioli and his colleagues of Baylor College of Medicine explain a potential link through the gut microbiome in this video. Shelly A. Buffington, Gonzalo Viana Di Prisco, Thomas A. Auchtung, Nadim J. Ajami, Joseph F. Petrosino, Mauro Costa-Mattioli (2016). Microbial Reconstitution Reverses Maternal Diet-Induced Social and Synaptic Deficits in Offspring. Cell 165.

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Buffington et al./Cell 2016

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