Does the gut microbiota contribute to the oligodendrocyte progenitor niche?

The past decade has seen a growing number of studies on the relationship between the gut microbiota and the brain. This mini-review will focus on the unexpected findings linking the microbiome to myelination. We first address the temporal correlation between the acquisition of a gut microbiota in the developing organism and developmental myelination. We then review the factors impacting the composition of the child’s gut microbiota, ranging from...