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Research interests

PhD project: The role of the microbiome in disease-associated mental and behavioral problems - The case of phenylketonuria (PKU)

I’m interested in the link between the microbiome, brain and behaviour. I study this link under a pathological condition called phenylketonuria (PKU), which is a metabolic disorder in which there is an inability to convert phenylalanine into tyrosine. This can lead to behavioural changes as deficits in learning and memory, increase in depression- and anxiety-like behaviours and sleep loss. I want to examine to what extend these behavioural problems are related to the microbial communities present in the gut in PKU mice.

Publicaties

Phenylketonuria in a microbial world: Gut-microbiome-brain interactions shaping behavior in PKU

Gut-microbiome composition in response to phenylketonuria depends on dietary phenylalanine in BTBR Pahenu2 mice

The increasing importance of LNAA supplementation in phenylketonuria at higher plasma phenylalanine concentrations

Correlations of blood and brain biochemistry in phenylketonuria: Results from the Pah-enu2 PKU mouse

A microbial community ecology perspective on the gut-microbiome-brain axis

Blood and brain biochemistry and behaviour in NTBC and dietary treated tyrosinemia type 1 mice

Hippocampal microglia modifications in C57Bl/6 Pahenu2 and BTBR Pahenu2 phenylketonuria (PKU) mice depend on the genetic background, irrespective of disturbed sleep patterns

Long-term dietary intervention with low Phe and/or a specific nutrient combination improve certain aspects of brain functioning in phenylketonuria (PKU)

The benefit of large neutral amino acid supplementation to a liberalized phenylalanine-restricted diet in adult phenylketonuria patients: Evidence from adult Pah-Enu2 mice

Large neutral amino acid supplementation as an alternative to the phenylalanine-restricted diet in adults with phenylketonuria: Evidence from adult Pah-enu2 mice

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Balancing behavior and the microbiome: Meet Els van der Goot