Background One of the key behavioral phenotypes in infancy are different temperament
traits, and certain early life temperament traits have been shown to precede later mental …

Infant temperament characteristics play a critical role in children's developmental pathways
and can predict adulthood psychopathology. The diversity and composition of the gut …

Perturbations to the gut microbiome are implicated in altered neurodevelopmental
trajectories that may shape life span risk for emotion dysregulation and affective disorders …

Background: Understanding the dynamics of the gut–brain axis has clinical implications for
physical and mental health conditions, including obesity and anxiety. As such disorders …

The gut microbiome appears to play an important role in human health and disease.
However, only little is known about how variability in the gut microbiome contributes to …

Background A link between the gut microbiome and behavior is hypothesized, but most
previous studies are cross-sectional or in animal models. The modifying role of host sex is …

The infant gut microbiome is dynamic, and radical shifts in composition occur during the first
3 years of life. Disruption of these developmental patterns, and the impact of the microbial …

Aim Chronic stress increases disease vulnerability factors including inflammation, a
pathological characteristic potentially regulated by the gut microbiota. We checked the …

Highlights•Microbiome is associated with temperament from birth through childhood.•
Associations have been observed between adult personality traits and gut …

Background Increasing evidence indicates that psychopathological disorders are associated
with the gut microbiota. However, data are largely lacking from long-term longitudinal birth …