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ReviewJournal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism2026

Maya R Davies, Courtney B Cross, María Rodriguez Aburto, John F Cryan, Hannah R Wardill

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Review in Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Maya R DaviesFaculty of Health and Medical Sciences, School of Biomedicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.ORCID 0009-0001-5167-2005
Courtney B CrossFaculty of Health and Medical Sciences, School of Biomedicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9549-5346
María Rodriguez AburtoAPC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
John F CryanAPC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
Hannah R WardillFaculty of Health and Medical Sciences, School of Biomedicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6613-3661

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microbiota-gut-brain axis dysfunction is increasingly implicated in the development of various neuropathologies. The blood-brain barrier (BBB) serves as a critical interface between the central nervous system (CNS) and the systemic milieu, modulated by the gut microbiota and associated secretome. Increasingly, the therapeutic potential of microbial metabolites, such as short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), in reducing BBB disruption and mitigating neuropathologies across multiple neurological conditions has been explored. However, research methodologies remain inconsistent, owing to a lack of clarity on how to effectively model microbiota-gut-brain interactions at the BBB interface. In order to fully realise the potential of the microbiota-gut-brain axis it is crucial to adopt best-practice study designs alongside ongoing advancements in biotechnology that enable more biologically relevant modelling of this complex system. In this review, we examine current knowledge on the role of the BBB in mediating microbiota-gut-brain interactions and explore both established and emerging methods used to study these processes.

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Blood-Brain BarrierBrainGastrointestinal MicrobiomeAnimalsHumansModels, BiologicalBlood–brain barrierin vitromicrobiota-gut-brain axismodellingshort chain fatty acids

Identifiers

PMID41696786
PMCPMC12913052

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