Effects of Sub-Chronic MPTP Exposure on Behavioral and Cognitive Performance and the Microbiome of Wild-Type and mGlu8 Knockout Female and Male Mice

Motor dysfunction is a hallmark of Parkinson’s disease (PD); however, non-motor symptoms such as gastrointestinal dysfunction often arise prior to motor symptoms. Alterations in the gut microbiome have been proposed as the earliest event in PD pathogenesis. PD symptoms often demonstrate sex differen...

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Main Authors: Eileen Ruth S. Torres, Tunde Akinyeke, Keaton Stagaman, Robert M. Duvoisin, Charles K. Meshul, Thomas J. Sharpton, Jacob Raber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00140/full