This month, the online journal Microbioal Ecology in Health and Diseasefeatures a special issue on The Microbiome in Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Follow the title links to read the articles in full:
An n=1 case report of a child with autism improving on antibiotics and a father’s quest to understand what it may mean, by John Rodakis
Gut bacteria in children with autism spectrum disorders: challenges and promise of studying how a complex community influences a complex disease, by Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown, Catherine Lozupone,Dae-Wook Kang and James B. Adams
Towards large-cohort comparative studies to define the factors influencing the gut microbial community structure of ASD patients, by Daniel McDonald, Mady Hornig, Catherine Lozupone, Justine Debelius, Jack A. Gilbert, Rob Knight
A model for the induction of autism in the ecosystem of the human body: the anatomy of a modern pandemic?, by Staci D. Bilbo, Cynthia D. Nevison, William Parker
The human gut microbiota with reference to autism spectrum disorder: considering the whole as more than a sum of its parts, by Michael C. Toh, Emma Allen-Vercoe
To learn more about research on the microbiome and autism, also see:
Autism Speaks Invests $2.3 Million into Research on Autism’s Gut-Brain Connection
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