More than one-third of the worldwide population is overweight or obese and therefore at risk
of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus. In order to mitigate this pandemic, safer and more …

Poor diet and obesity are associated with cognitive impairment throughout adulthood, and
increased dementia risk in aging. Here we review the current literature interrogating the …

The importance of 16S rRNA gene amplicon profiles for understanding the influence of
microbes in a variety of environments coupled with the steep reduction in sequencing costs …

Abstract The SRA (Sequence Read Archive) serves as primary depository for massive
amounts of Next Generation Sequencing data and currently host over 100,000 16S rRNA …

Background As the gut microbiota contributes to metabolic health, it is important to
determine specific diet-microbiota interactions that influence host metabolism. Bile acids and …

Consumption of a Western Diet (WD) that is high in saturated fat and added sugars
negatively impacts cognitive function, particularly mnemonic processes that rely on the …

Background Conventional pig housing and management conditions are associated with
gastrointestinal pathophysiology and disease susceptibility in early life. Developing new …

Objective Internal clocks time behavior and physiology, including the gut microbiome, in a
circadian (∼ 24 h) manner. Mismatch between internal and external time, eg during shift …

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is known as a chronic inflammatory disease (CID) that affects the
central nervous system and leads to nerve demyelination. However, the exact cause of MS …

Automatization and technological advances have led to a larger number of methods and
systems to monitor and measure locomotor activity and more specific behavior of a wide …