A mother mouse’s gut microbes help wire her pup’s brain
Research in mice links mom’s gut microbes to her baby’s sensory connections
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In experiments with lab mice, the microbes living in a pregnant mouse’s gut played a role in her babies’ brain development. Mothers without microbes had pups with fewer signal-conveying links between areas important for making sense of sensory information.
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