date:Jan 09, 2014
previously has been shown to influence social and emotional behaviour.
Traditional research has studied autism as a genetic disorder and a disorder of the brain, but our work shows that gut bacteria may contribute to ASD-like symptoms in ways that were previously unappreciated, said Sarkis K. Mazmanian, an author of the study and Professor of Biology at Caltech. Gut physiology appears to have effects on what are currently presumed to be brain functions, he said.
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