on a key period: pregnancy . What if the expectant mother’s gut microbiota could, from the very beginning, influence her child’s brain development?
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Deciphering: how an inflammatory molecule acts in the fetal brain.
Published in The Journal of Immunology , this research focuses on a molecule well-known to immunologists: interleukin-17a (IL-17a). Generally associated with conditions such as psoriasis or multiple sclerosis, it could also have an impact on neurological development before birth. To test this, scientists worked with pregnant mice. The result: those whose gut microbiota was more likely to
