Enhanced environmental complexity worsens experimental colitis and dysregulates microbiota-gut-brain axis signalling in female mice
Guido Petracco, Isabella Faimann, Eva Knuplez, Melanie Kienzl, Elmar Zügner, Fernanda Monedeiro, Christina Kumpitsch, Eva Tatzl, Guenther Rauter, Sabine Obermueller, Thomas Altendorfer‐Kroath, Christine Moissl‐Eichinger, Rudolf Schicho, Christoph Magnes, Florian Reichmann
This study shows that enhanced environmental complexity worsens colitis in female mice and disrupts microbiota-gut-brain axis signaling.
bioRxiv · Jul 1, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience