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Using Animal Models to Study the Role of the Gut-Brain Axis in Autism.

Jess NithianantharajahGayathri K BalasuriyaAshley E FranksElisa L Hill-Yardin
Published in: Current developmental disorders reports (2017)
Advances in understanding the role of the gut-brain axis in ASD are emerging; however, we outline standard assays for investigating gut-brain axis function in rodents to strengthen future phenotyping studies. Integrating these findings to the field of animal behaviour is one of the next major challenges in autism research.
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