Social stress causes gut dysbiosis in male, female, and aggressor mice
Isabel Garcı́a, Fatmanur Kiliç, Chris-Ann Bryan, Jose Castro-Vildosola, Sai Anusha Jonnalagadda, Akhila Kasturi, Jaqueline Tilly, Jordan L. Smith, Sofia Valentin, Sergio Moncayo, Tamara J. Hala, Eric Klein, Brian F. Corbett
This study examines how chronic social defeat stress affects gut microbiome composition in male, female, and aggressor mice, finding stress-induced dysbiosis with sex-specific correlations.
bioRxiv · Jun 26, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology