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Behavioral phenotype, intestinal microbiome, and brain neuronal activity of male serotonin transporter knockout mice.
Molecular brain - 29 Mar 2023
Shoji Hirotaka, Ikeda Kazutaka, Miyakawa Tsuyoshi
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The serotonin transporter (5-HTT) plays a critical role in the regulation of serotonin neurotransmission. Mice genetically deficient in 5-HTT expression have been used to study the physiological functions of 5-HTT in the brain and have been proposed as a potential animal model for neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders. Recent studies have provided evidence for a link between the gut-brain axis and...
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