Chronic stress remodels gut bacterial ecology and polysaccharide metabolism with neuroendocrine consequences despite unchanged behavior
Amelia C Slusser, Tulasi Rao Relangi, LaRae A. Hudson, Magdalene M Hernandez, Danny T Le, Tyler J. Earp, Aaron Wright
This study shows chronic stress alters gut bacterial function and metabolism, affecting neuroendocrine pathways without changing behavior in mice.
bioRxiv · Oct 10, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology