Abstract:BackgroundDiarrheal diseases are a leading cause of death in children under age five worldwide. Repeated early life exposures to diarrheal pathogens can result in co-morbidities including stunted growth and cognitive deficits suggesting an impairment in the microbiota-gut-brain (MGB) axis.MethodsNeonatal C57BL/6 mice were infected with EPEC (strain e2348/69; ΔescV [T3SS mutant]), or vehicle (LB broth) via orogastric gavage (105 CFU) at post-natal day (P7). Behavior (novel object recognition [NOR] task, light/d… Show more
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