Table 1.
Characteristics of the articles included in the present study.
| Reference (author and year) |
Behavioral paradigm |
Experimental manipulation | Animal | Mean age (weeks) |
Sex | Sample size |
Behavior assessments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lebovitz, 2019 | Sociability | Antibiotic | C57BL/6N | 3 | ND | 86 | Three Chamber |
| Bruce-Keller, 2017 | Fecal Transplantation | C57BL/6N | 10 | M; F | 60 | Ultrasonic vocalization | |
| Tochitani, 2016 | Antibiotic | C57BL/6N | 12 | M | 29 | Social interaction | |
| Buffington., 2016 | High-fat diet | C57BL/6N | 10 | M | 32 | Social Interaction | |
| Jorgensen, 2019 | Antibiotic | BALB/c | 6 | M; F | 59 | Three Chamber | |
| Leclercq, 2017 | Antibiotic | BALB/c | 6 | M; F | 51 | Three Chamber | |
| Afroz, 2021 | High-salt diet | C57BL/6N | 9 | M; F | 52 | Three Chamber | |
| Bruce-Keller, 2017 | OCD | Fecal Transplantation | C57BL/6N | 10 | M; F | 60 | Marble burying |
| Buffington., 2016 | High-fat diet | C57BL/6N | 10 | M | 32 | Marble burying | |
| Afroz, 2021 | High-salt diet | C57BL/6N | 9 | M; F | 52 | Marble burying | |
| Lyu, 2021 | Silver nanoparticle | C57BL/6N | 11 | ND | 23 | Elevated plus maze | |
| Vuong, 2020 | Schizophrenia | Antibiotic | C57BL/6N | 8 | ND | 70 | Prepulse inhibition |
| Bruce-Keller, 2017 | Anxiety | Fecal transplantation | C57BL/6N | 10 | M; F | 60 | Open field |
| Tochitani, 2016 | Antibiotic | C57BL/6N | 12 | M | 79 | Open field | |
| Buffington, 2016 | High-fat diet | C57BL/6N | 10 | M | 32 | Open field | |
| Jorgensen, 2019 | Antibiotic | BALB/c | 6 | M; F | 59 | Elevated plus maze | |
| Yu, 2020 | Low-fiber diet | C57BL/6N | 6 | ND | 34 | Elevated plus maze | |
| Lyu, 2021 | Silver nanoparticle | C57BL/6N | 11 | ND | 23 | Elevated plus maze | |
| Hill, 2021 | Antibiotic | C57BL/6N | 7 | M; F | 20 | Open field | |
| Leclercq, 2017 | Antibiotic | BALB/c | 6 | M; F | 51 | Elevated plus maze | |
| Bruce-Keller, 2017 | Depression | Fecal transplantation | C57BL/6N | 10 | M; F | 60 | Sucrose preference |
| Yu., 2020 | Memory | Low-fiber diet | C57BL/6N | 6 | ND | 34 | Barnes Maze |
| Sanguinetti, 2019 | High-fat diet | B6129SF2/J | 14 | ND | 45 | Y maze | |
| Lyu, 2021 | Silver nanoparticle | C57BL/6N | 11 | ND | 23 | Barnes Maze | |
| Xiao, 2020 | Lead acetate | Sprague-Dawley | 8 | M | 20 | Morris Water Maze |
OCD: obsessive-compulsive disorder; ND: non-defined; M: male; F: female.