High-tannin food enhances spatial memory and scatter-hoarding in rodents via the microbiota-gut-brain axis

Abstract Background The mutually beneficial coevolutionary relationships between rodents and plant seeds have been a theme of research in plant-animal relationships. Seed tannins are important secondary metabolites of plants that regulate the food-hoarding behavior of rodents; however, the underlyin...

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Published in:Microbiome
Main Authors: Xiangyu Zhao, Jiawei Guo, Yiming Wang, Xianfeng Yi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-07-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-024-01849-2