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Gut bacteria linked to behavior: That anxiety may be in your gut, not in your head
May 17, 2011 by NewsBot
Working with healthy adult mice, researchers showed that disrupting the normal bacterial content of the gut with antibiotics produced changes in behavior. Working with healthy adult mice, the researchers showed that disrupting the normal bacterial content of the gut with antibiotics produced changes in behavior; the mice became less cautious or anxious. When oral antibiotics were discontinued, bacteria in the gut returned to normal.
