Full Description
Microbiota Brain Axis: A Neuroscience Primer provides neuroscience researchers with a comprehensive guide on how to conduct effective microbiota-brain research, understand the appropriate methodologies, and collect and analyze microbiota data. The book begins with an introduction to the importance of the microbiota-brain communication in development and how microbiota impact neurodevelopmental disorders, mental health and neurodegeneration. In addition, the book discusses advances in microbiota analysis tools and techniques for neuroscience related research.
Contents
1. The gut-brain axis
2. What is a healthy microbiome?
3. Gene-environment factors influence microbiota composition, diversity, and function
4. Microbiota to brain communication
5. Microbiota influence behaviour - work in animal models
6. Microbiota influence brain systems - work in animal models
7. Microbiota in neurodevelopmental disorders
8. Microbiota in psychiatry
9. Microbiota-brain interactions in aging and neurodegeneration
10. Pharmacological treatments and the microbiome - Antibiotics and nonantibiotic drugs
11. Microbial-related treatments
12. Microbiota-related biomarkers for precision medicine and drug discovery
