Fecal Microbiota Transplantation: A New Therapeutic Attempt from the Gut to the Brain

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Current applications of FMT in various neurological and psychiatric diseases. Normal gut microbiota plays an important role in maintaining the functional stability of the gut-brain axis. Excessive reproduction of pathogenic bacteria or reduction of probiotics can lead to gut microbiota disorder and mediate a variety of neurological and psychological diseases. As an important therapeutic method to reconstruct gut microbiota, FMT has been tried to be applied to a variety of diseases related to gut-brain axis.