Gut Microbiota is Altered in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease.

@article{Zhuang2018GutMI,
  title={Gut Microbiota is Altered in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease.},
  author={Zhen-Qian Zhuang and Lin-Lin Shen and Wei-Wei Li and Xue Fu and Fan Zeng and Li Gui and Yang L{\"u} and Min Cai and Chi Zhu and Yin-Ling Tan and Peng Zheng and Huiyun Li and Jie Zhu and Huadong Zhou and Xian-Le Bu and Yanjiang Wang},
  journal={Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD},
  year={2018},
  volume={63 4},
  pages={
          1337-1346
        }
}
Previous studies suggest that gut microbiota is associated with neuropsychiatric disorders, such as Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and depression. However, whether the composition and diversity of gut microbiota is altered in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) remains largely unknown. In the present study, we collected fecal samples from 43 AD patients and 43 age- and gender-matched cognitively normal controls. 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing technique was used to analyze… 
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