Acute and repeated exposure to social stress reduces gut microbiota diversity in Syrian hamsters

Katherine A Partrick; Benoit Chassaing; Linda Q Beach; Katharine E McCann; Andrew T Gewirtz; Kim L Huhman

doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2018.02.005

Acute and repeated exposure to social stress reduces gut microbiota diversity in Syrian hamsters

Behav Brain Res. 2018 Jun 1:345:39-48. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2018.02.005. Epub 2018 Feb 21.

Authors

Katherine A Partrick¹, Benoit Chassaing², Linda Q Beach³, Katharine E McCann⁴, Andrew T Gewirtz⁵, Kim L Huhman⁶

Affiliations

¹ Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, GA, 30303 USA. Electronic address: kpartrick1@student.gsu.edu.
² Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, GA, 30303 USA; Center for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, GA, 30303 USA. Electronic address: bchassaing@gsu.edu.
³ Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, GA, 30303 USA. Electronic address: lbeach@gsu.edu.
⁴ Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, GA, 30303 USA. Electronic address: kmccann3@gsu.edu.
⁵ Center for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, GA, 30303 USA. Electronic address: agewirtz@gsu.edu.
⁶ Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, GA, 30303 USA. Electronic address: khuhman@gsu.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: Agonistic behavior; Alpha diversity; Beta diversity; Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio; Gut-brain axis; Lactobacillus; Social behavior; Social defeat.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Biodiversity
Dominance-Subordination*
Feces / chemistry
Feces / microbiology
Gastrointestinal Microbiome*
Male
Mesocricetus
RNA, Bacterial / analysis
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / analysis
Stress, Psychological / microbiology*
Time Factors

Substances

RNA, Bacterial
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Grants and funding

R01 MH062044/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States