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| Title |
Friends with social benefits: host-microbe interactions as a driver of brain evolution and development?
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, October 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fcimb.2014.00147 |
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| Authors |
Roman M. Stilling, Seth R. Bordenstein, Timothy G. Dinan, John F. Cryan |
| Abstract |
The tight association of the human body with trillions of colonizing microbes that we observe today is the result of a long evolutionary history. Only very recently have we started to understand how this symbiosis also affects brain function and behavior. In this hypothesis and theory article, we propose how host-microbe associations potentially influenced mammalian brain evolution and development. In particular, we explore the integration of human brain development with evolution, symbiosis, and RNA biology, which together represent a "social triangle" that drives human social behavior and cognition. We argue that, in order to understand how inter-kingdom communication can affect brain adaptation and plasticity, it is inevitable to consider epigenetic mechanisms as important mediators of genome-microbiome interactions on an individual as well as a transgenerational time scale. Finally, we unite these interpretations with the hologenome theory of evolution. Taken together, we propose a tighter integration of neuroscience fields with host-associated microbiology by taking an evolutionary perspective. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 45 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 18% |
| Ireland | 4 | 9% |
| Switzerland | 3 | 7% |
| France | 2 | 4% |
| Japan | 2 | 4% |
| Chile | 2 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Australia | 1 | 2% |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 3 | 7% |
| Unknown | 18 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 34 | 76% |
| Scientists | 7 | 16% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 4% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 385 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | <1% |
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 371 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 70 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 64 | 17% |
| Researcher | 63 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 54 | 14% |
| Other | 16 | 4% |
| Other | 61 | 16% |
| Unknown | 57 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 126 | 33% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 49 | 13% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 36 | 9% |
| Neuroscience | 24 | 6% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 17 | 4% |
| Other | 61 | 16% |
| Unknown | 72 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 58. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 December 2022.
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