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ArticleFrontiers in cellular neuroscience2017

Serotonin Transporter Genotype Modulates the Gut Microbiota Composition in Young Rats, an Effect Augmented by Early Life Stress.

Sahar El Aidy, Anouschka S Ramsteijn, Francisco Dini-Andreote, Roel van Eijk, Danielle J Houwing, Joana F Salles, Jocelien D A Olivier

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Article in Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 81 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sahar El AidyMicrobial Physiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of GroningenGroningen, Netherlands.
Anouschka S RamsteijnNeurobiology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of GroningenGroningen, Netherlands.
Francisco Dini-AndreoteMicrobial Ecology Cluster, Genomics Research in Ecology and Evolution in Nature, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of GroningenGroningen, Netherlands.
Roel van EijkNeurobiology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of GroningenGroningen, Netherlands.
Danielle J HouwingNeurobiology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of GroningenGroningen, Netherlands.
Joana F SallesMicrobial Ecology Cluster, Genomics Research in Ecology and Evolution in Nature, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of GroningenGroningen, Netherlands.
Jocelien D A OlivierNeurobiology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of GroningenGroningen, Netherlands.
University of Groningen · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The neurotransmitter serotonin (5-HT) plays a vital regulatory role in both the brain and gut. 5-HT is crucial for regulating mood in the brain as well as gastrointestinal motility and secretion peripherally. Alterations in 5-HT transmission have been linked to pathological symptoms in both intestinal and psychiatric disorders and selective 5-HT transporter (5-HTT) inhibitors, affecting the 5-HT system by blocking the 5-HT transporter (5-HTT) have been successfully used to treat CNS- and intestinal disorders. Humans that carry the short allele of the 5-HTT-linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) are more vulnerable to adverse environmental stressors, in particular early life stress. Although, early life stress has been shown to alter the composition of the gut microbiota, it is not known whether a lower 5-HTT expression is also associated with an altered microbiome composition. To investigate this, male and female wild type (5-HTT

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PMID28824378
PMCPMC5540888
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