Topic: Nutritional approaches

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Microbiology

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Role of the gut microbiota in the development of alcohol use disorder

Philippe de Timary

UCLouvain, Belgium, Institute of Neuroscience and Department of Adult Psychiatry

Nov 19, 2021

The gut microbiota is composed of a very large number of bacteria, viruses, fungi and yeasts that play an important role in the body, through the production of a series of metabolites (including neurotransmitters), and through an essential role in the barrier function of the gut and the regulation of immunity and stress response. In this lecture I will present, based mainly on human studies but also on preclinical studies, the evidence for a role of the gut microbiota in the development of alcohol use disorder. I will show the first results of trials to test the effects of nutritional approaches to address these deficits.