Early-Life Exposure to Non-Absorbable Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics Affects the Dopamine Mesocorticolimbic Pathway of Adult Rats in a Sex-Dependent Manner

• Main Authors: Camila González-Arancibia (Author), Victoria Collio (Author), Francisco Silva-Olivares (Author), Paula Montaña-Collao (Author), Jonathan Martínez-Pinto (Author), Marcela Julio-Pieper (Author), Ramón Sotomayor-Zárate (Author), Javier A. Bravo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Gut microbiota with a stable, rich, and diverse composition is associated with adequate postnatal brain development. Colonization of the infant's gut begins at birth when parturition exposes the newborn to a set of maternal bacteria, increasing richness and diversity until one to two first year...