Intestinal microbiota changes correlate with gut noradrenaline (NE) levels (A) Mice that had undergone 60 min MCAo and 72 h reperfusion show significantly increased NE levels in gut tissue homogenates (ANOVA: F2,12 = 10.02, p = 0.003; Posthoc TukeyHSD significance <0.001, with the labels a and b denoting samples significantly different, error bars are standard error of the mean, n = 5. (B) Peptococcaceae relative abundance correlate with intestinal NE levels (Regression: R2 = 0.370, F1,13 = 7.56, p = 0.02), Equation of line y = 0.322 * x + 0.114. (C) Prevotellaceae decrease in the intestinal proportionally to increasing NE levels after injury (Regression: R2 = 0.512, F1,13 = 13.58, p = 0.003), Equation of line y = −3.299 * x + 3.480. Samples are as follows: ○ = Naïve; △ = Sham 72 h post treatment; □ = Brain injury 72 h post treatment.