Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, depleted in the Parkinson's disease microbiome, improves motor deficits in α-synuclein overexpressing mice
Anastasiya Moiseyenko, Giacomo Antonello, Aubrey M Schonhoff, Joseph C. Boktor, Kaelyn Long, Blake Dirks, Anastasiya D. Oguienko, Alexander Viloria Winnett, Patrick Simpson, Dorsa Daeizadeh, Rustem F. Ismagilov, Rosa Krajmalnik‐Brown, N Segata, Levi Waldron, Sarkis K. Mazmanian
Oral Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, the taxon most consistently depleted in PD stool, improved motor and GI deficits and lowered α-synuclein aggregates in male Thy1-ASO mice.
npj Parkinson s Disease · Mar 5, 2026Peer-reviewedPhysiology✦ In-depth digest