New Study: Bacteria in a baby’s gut may play a key role in early brain development

Toni Harman
6 min readAug 29, 2023

A new pilot study by Canadian researchers offers some fascinating clues on possible connections between the infant gut microbiome and early-life brain development.

New study: Bacteria in a baby’s gut may play a key role in early brain development
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Are the bacteria in a baby’s gut somehow connected to a baby’s brain? In other words, is there a gut-brain connection in babies?

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Toni Harman

I help parents and health professionals better understand the science of pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding and the microbiome. https://linktr.ee/toniharman