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Amanda Gollo Bertollo1, Camila Ferreira Puntel2, Gisele Scaini3

  • 1Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry
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Gut microbiomeMajor depressive disorderMicrobiota gut-brain axisNeuroinflammationTreatment-resistant depression

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