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Putting microbiota-gut-brain research in a systemic developmental context: Focus on breast milk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 July 2019

Brittany Howell Open the ORCID record for Brittany Howell [Opens in a new window]  and
Antonella Tramacere
Brittany Howell
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Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455. brhowell@umn.edu
Antonella Tramacere
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Department of Cultural and Linguistic Evolution, Max Planck for the Science of Human History, 07745 Jena, Germany. tramacere@shh.mpg.de
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Abstract

The microbiota-gut-brain (MGB) field holds huge potential for understanding behavioral development and informing effective early interventions for psychological health. To realize this potential, factors that shape the MGB axis in infancy (i.e., breast milk) must be integrated into a systemic framework that considers salient behavioral outcomes. This is best accomplished applying network analyses in large prospective, longitudinal investigations in humans.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e72
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