Impact of dietary induced precocious gut maturation on cecal microbiota and its relation to the blood-brain barrier during the postnatal period in rats.

Nittaya Marungruang Ester Arévalo SuredaA LefrançoiseBjörn Weström Margareta Nyman Olena Prykhodko Frida Fåk Hållenius

Published in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2018)

This study provides evidence that the gut microbiota alteration following induced precocious GIB maturation may induce low-grade systemic inflammation and alter SCFAs utilization in the brain which may also play a potential role in GIB-BBB dysfunction disorders in neonates.

Keyphrases

low grade
high glucose
diabetic rats
high grade
oxidative stress
drug induced
preterm infants
blood brain barrier
resting state