Main description:

Microbiota Brain Axis: A Neuroscience Primer provides neuroscience researchers with a comprehensive guide on how to conduct effective microbiota-brain research, understand the appropriate methodologies, and collect and analyze microbiota data. The book begins with an introduction to the importance of the microbiota-brain communication in development and how microbiota impact neurodevelopmental disorders, mental health and neurodegeneration. In addition, the book discusses advances in microbiota analysis tools and techniques for neuroscience related research.

Contents:

1. Gut-brain Axis
2. Research approaches to manipulate/study microbiota
3. Microbiota analysis tools and techniques
4. What is a healthy microbiome?
5. Gene-environment contributions to microbiota composition, diversity, and function
6. Microbiota-brain communication in neurodevelopment - the first 1000 days
7. Microbiota in neurodevelopmental disorders
8. Microbiota-brain interactions in mental health - adolescence and adult
9. Microbiota-brain interactions in neurodegeneration
10. Antibiotics
11. Probiotics
12. Fecal transplantation
13. Microbiota-related biomarkers for precision medicine and drug discovery
14. Future considerations