Cross-sex cecal microbiota transfer alters depressive-like behaviours in mice
Meagan Hinks, Yellow H. Martin, Francine F. Burke, Francis Rodriguez Bambico, Ashlyn Swift‐Gallant
This study transfers cecal microbiota between male and female mice to investigate how sex-specific gut microbes influence depressive-like behaviors, finding that female microbiota increases depressive-like behaviors while male microbiota reduces anhedonia-like symptoms.
Behavioural Processes · Oct 24, 2023Peer-reviewedNeuroscience