Microbiota and Autism spectrum disorders
Microbiota disruptions in the first years of life, when our intestinal flora and brain are developing, can affect brain structures and functions and promote developmental disorders. Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) include a number of contrasted disorders8 associated to brain development defects. They could be related to a microbiota disruption induced by pregnancy and during the first few years of life: some gastrointestinal signs, frequently associated to this disorder, led scientists to believe that the microbiota was undoubtedly a way of understanding autism spectrum disorders.

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17 September 2019
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21 June 2022
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