title: "WHAT'S BUGGING THE GUT IN OCD?" A REVIEW OF THE GUT MICROBIOME IN OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER.
abstract: The gut microbiome has become a topic of major interest as of late, with a new focus specifically on psychiatric disorders. Recent studies have revealed that variations in the composition of the gut microbiota may influence anxiety and mood and vice versa. Keeping the concept of this bidirectional "microbiota-gut-brain" axis in mind, this review aims to shed light on how these findings may also be implicated in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD); potentially outlining a novel etiological pathway of interest for future research in the field.
authors.affiliation: MacAnxiety Research Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.|MiNDS Neuroscience Graduate Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Jasmine
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Turna
authors.affiliation: MacAnxiety Research Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.|Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Keren
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Grosman Kaplan
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Anglin
authors.affiliation: MacAnxiety Research Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.|Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.|Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Van Ameringen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000069196:Gastrointestinal Microbiome / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology*
keywords: OCD; anxiety; gut microbiota; gut-brain axis; inflammation; obsessive-compulsive disorder