Maarit K Koskinen, Anna Aatsinki, Susanna Kortesluoma, Paula Mustonen, Eveliina Munukka, Minna Lukkarinen, Laura Perasto, Anniina Keskitalo, Hasse Karlsson, Linnea Karlsson
Animal research suggests that the gut microbiota and the HPA axis communicate in a bidirectional manner. However, human data, especially on early childhood, remain limited. In this exploratory design, we investigated the connections between long-term HPA axis functioning, measured as cortisol, cortisone or dehydroepiandrosterone concentrations and their ratios from hair segments of three centimeters, and gut microbiota profiles, (measured as diversity and bacterial composition by 16 S rRNA sequencing) in healthy 2...
August 2023: Psychoneuroendocrinology