Newborns’ first gut microbes may predict social development at 6 months, revealing early links between microbiome and brain health.
Behavior
Stressful situations can increase serotonin in the gut and may lead to gastrointestinal issues.
Gut microbes may influence behaviours like aggression and have an effect on behavioural biology.
Can early life stress alter not just your gut microbiome, but your kids’ too? This study in mice suggests it could.
Experience-based knowledge of the nematode C. elegans is transferred to their offspring, making them avoid infectious food sources.
Sensory neurons restrain immune response to unharmful bacteria on our skin.
In the plant-microbe dance, Streptomyces and plant hormone jasmonic acid waltz through a tale of defense and adaptation.
How frequency of blood meals influences Dengue virus transmission.
How your parents’ cold might have given you anxiety before you even left the womb.
The potential of using ants as a model system to study and manage diseases in a social population
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