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Plasma and Visceral Organ Kynurenine Metabolites Correlate in the Multiple Sclerosis Cuprizone Animal Model

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A Chrono-Metabolic Approach to Mental Health: Current Perspectives on Circadian Rhythms, Gut Microbiota, and Microbial Metabolites in Mood Disorders

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The Influence of Gut Microbiota in Psychosis

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From Gut Microbiomes to Infectious Pathogens: Neurological Disease Game Changers

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Host and microbiota interaction in depression syndrome

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Research Progress of Tryptophan and Its Metabolites in the Microbial-Gut-Brain Axis

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Effects of sucralose supplementation on rumen bacterial community, kynuronine pathway and feeding behavior in small-tailed Han sheep

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Effect of Diet on Depression: A Review of Nutritional Solutions

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Modulating the Gut Microbiota to Combat Drug-Induced Liver Injury: A New Frontier in Hepatic Health

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The role of microbiome in gut-brain-axis dysbiosis causing depression: From mechanisms to treatment

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Distinct Gut Microbiota Profiles Reflect Severity in Chronic Insomnia Disorder

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Characterization of Gut Microbiota in Newly Diagnosed Patients with Depression: Does the Depressed Gut Exist?

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Electrochemistry meets mass spectrometry

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Microbiota to brain communication

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Gut–brain communication through microbes

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Theoretical Discussion on Acupuncture Regulating Intestinal Function in the Treatment of Depression in Parkinson’s Disease

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Tryptophan metabolism as bridge between gut microbiota and brain in chronic social defeat stress-induced depression mice

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