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Sep 2026
The Critical Period Microbiota Shape Brain Plasticity
The gut microbiota is increasingly recognized as a regulator of brain function, yet its role in experience-dependent plasticity during postnatal development remains largely unknown. Here, we show that disrupting the gut microbiota with antibiotics during critical periods of visual cortex development impairs ocular domi...
Francesca Damiani, Kousha Changizi Ashtiani, Andrea Tognozzi et al.
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