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The Gut Microbiome: A New Frontier in Autism Research

Overview of attention for article published in Current Psychiatry Reports, January 2013
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#32 of 1,280)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (99th percentile)

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7 news outlets
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11 blogs
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66 X users
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2 patents
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39 Facebook pages
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4 Google+ users
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1 YouTube creator

Citations

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642 Mendeley
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4 CiteULike
Title
The Gut Microbiome: A New Frontier in Autism Research
Published in
Current Psychiatry Reports, January 2013
DOI 10.1007/s11920-012-0337-0
Pubmed ID
Authors

Jennifer G. Mulle, William G. Sharp, Joseph F. Cubells

Abstract

The human gut harbors a complex community of microbes that profoundly influence many aspects of growth and development, including development of the nervous system. Advances in high-throughput DNA sequencing methods have led to rapidly expanding knowledge about this gut microbiome. Here, we review fundamental emerging data on the human gut microbiome, with a focus on potential interactions between the microbiome and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and consider research on atypical patterns of feeding and nutrition in ASD and how they might interact with the microbiome. Finally we selectively survey results from studies in rodents on the impact of the microbiome on neurobehavioral development. The evidence reviewed here suggests that a deeper understanding of the gut microbiome could open up new avenues of research on ASD, including potential novel treatment strategies.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 10 2%
Germany 3 <1%
Ireland 2 <1%
Italy 2 <1%
Switzerland 2 <1%
Australia 2 <1%
Denmark 2 <1%
Canada 2 <1%
Chile 1 <1%
Other 6 <1%
Unknown 610 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 112 17%
Student > Master 98 15%
Researcher 86 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 86 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 40 6%
Other 119 19%
Unknown 101 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 149 23%
Medicine and Dentistry 94 15%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 75 12%
Neuroscience 43 7%
Psychology 33 5%
Other 126 20%
Unknown 122 19%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 186. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 November 2022.
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#214,809
of 25,459,177 outputs
Outputs from Current Psychiatry Reports
#32
of 1,280 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#1,362
of 290,633 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Current Psychiatry Reports
#1
of 17 outputs
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