The gut microbiota-immune-brain axis in a wild vertebrate: dynamic interactions and health impacts.

ABSTRACT: The gut microbiota-immune-brain axis is a feedback network which influences diverse physiological processes and plays a pivotal role in overall health and wellbeing. Although research in humans and laboratory mice has shed light into the associations and mechanisms governing this communication network, evidence of such interactions in wild, especially in young animals, is lacking. We therefore investigated these interactions during early development in a population of common buzzards (Buteo buteo) and their effects on individual condition. In a longitudinal study, we used a multi-marker approach to establish potential links between the bacterial and eukaryotic gut microbiota, a panel of immune assays and feather corticosterone measurements as a proxy for long-term stress. Using Baye

SUBMITTER: Pereira H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11420037 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature