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ReviewCurrent topics in behavioral neurosciences2025

Role of the Microbiome and the Gut-Brain Axis in Alcohol Use Disorder: Potential Implication for Treatment Development.

Sophie Leclercq, Philippe de Timary

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Review in Current topics in behavioral neurosciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Serum Metabolite Profile in Progressive Versus Nonprogressive Alcohol-Related Liver Disease: A Cross-Sectional Metabolomics Study.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Sophie LeclercqLaboratory of Nutritional Psychiatry, Institute of Neuroscience, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Philippe de TimaryDepartment of Adult Psychiatry, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium. philippe.detimary@saintluc.uclouvain.be.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The gut microbiota is constituted by trillions of microorganisms colonizing the human intestine. Studies conducted in patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD) have shown altered microbial composition related to bacteria, viruses, and fungi.This review describes the communication pathways between the gut and the brain, including the ones related to the bacterial metabolites, the inflammatory cytokines, and the vagus nerve. We described in more detail the gut-derived metabolites that have been shown to be implicated in AUD or that could potentially be involved in the development of AUD due to their immune and/or neuroactive properties, including tryptophan-derivatives, tyrosine-derivatives, short chain fatty acids.Finally, we discussed the potential beneficial effects of microbiome-based therapies for AUD such as probiotics, prebiotics, postbiotic, and phage therapy.

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AlcoholismBrainBrain-Gut AxisGastrointestinal MicrobiomeAnimalsHumansPrebioticsProbioticsPrebioticsFecal microbiota transplantationGut-brain axisGut microbiotaInflammationMetabolomicsPrebioticsProbiotics

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