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| Title |
Mind-altering microorganisms: the impact of the gut microbiota on brain and behaviour
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| Published in |
Nature Reviews Neuroscience, September 2012
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| DOI | 10.1038/nrn3346 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
John F. Cryan, Timothy G. Dinan |
| Abstract |
Recent years have witnessed the rise of the gut microbiota as a major topic of research interest in biology. Studies are revealing how variations and changes in the composition of the gut microbiota influence normal physiology and contribute to diseases ranging from inflammation to obesity. Accumulating data now indicate that the gut microbiota also communicates with the CNS--possibly through neural, endocrine and immune pathways--and thereby influences brain function and behaviour. Studies in germ-free animals and in animals exposed to pathogenic bacterial infections, probiotic bacteria or antibiotic drugs suggest a role for the gut microbiota in the regulation of anxiety, mood, cognition and pain. Thus, the emerging concept of a microbiota-gut-brain axis suggests that modulation of the gut microbiota may be a tractable strategy for developing novel therapeutics for complex CNS disorders. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 161 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 | 31 | 19% |
| United Kingdom | 16 | 10% |
| Australia | 16 | 10% |
| Canada | 8 | 5% |
| Spain | 5 | 3% |
| Ireland | 4 | 2% |
| Denmark | 3 | 2% |
| Norway | 3 | 2% |
| Japan | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 8 | 5% |
| Unknown | 65 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 110 | 68% |
| Scientists | 31 | 19% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 14 | 9% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 6 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 4,864 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 51 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 12 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 9 | <1% |
| Spain | 8 | <1% |
| Brazil | 8 | <1% |
| Portugal | 6 | <1% |
| Italy | 5 | <1% |
| Canada | 5 | <1% |
| France | 5 | <1% |
| Other | 54 | 1% |
| Unknown | 4701 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 817 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 750 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 685 | 14% |
| Researcher | 656 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 247 | 5% |
| Other | 754 | 16% |
| Unknown | 955 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1079 | 22% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 634 | 13% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 505 | 10% |
| Neuroscience | 400 | 8% |
| Psychology | 250 | 5% |
| Other | 872 | 18% |
| Unknown | 1124 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 598. 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 14 October 2023.
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#15
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