Gut dysbiosis impairs recovery after spinal cord injury #MMPMID27810921
Kigerl KA; Hall JC; Wang L; Mo X; Yu Z; Popovich PG
J Exp Med 2016[Nov]; 213 (12): 2603-20 PMID27810921show ga
Kigerl et al. show that spinal cord injury causes profound changes in gut microbiota and that these changes in gut ecology are associated with activation of GALT immune cells. They show that feeding mice probiotics after SCI confers neuroprotection and improves functional recovery.