The Relevance of the Microbiota in the Treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Sávio Benvindo Ferreira
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Sávio Benvindo Ferreira: PhD in Pharmacology, Professor of Microbiology, Academic Unit of Life (UACV), Teacher Training Center (CFP), Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG), 58900-000, Cajazeiras, Paraíba, Brazil

Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, 2023, vol. 49, issue 2, 40581-40588

Abstract: The term “microbiota†dates back to the beginning of the 20th century and refers to a large number of microorganisms, including bacteria, yeasts and viruses, which coexist in various parts of the human body (intestine, skin, lung, oral cavity). Growing evidence has confirmed that the microbiota is associated with the development of numerous diseases, including brain disorders and neurodegenerative diseases. A neurodegenerative disease that has been gaining prominence in the study of microbiota is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), which mainly affects the motor system. In this perspective, the present work consists of a narrative, qualitative, exploratory descriptive review with the objective of compiling knowledge about the relevance of the microbiota in the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. This is a bibliographic search carried out in February 2023 in the PubMed and Virtual Health Library databases with the descriptors “microbiota†, “amyotrophic lateral sclerosis†and “treatment†, combined using the Boolean operator AND in the range of time over the past 5 years.

Keywords: Journals on Medical Drug and Therapeutics; Journals on Emergency Medicine; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Journals on Infectious Diseases Addiction Science and Clinical Pathology; Open Access Clinical and Medical Journal; Journals on Biomedical Science; List of Open Access Medical Journal; Journals on Biomedical Engineering; Open Access Medical Journal; Biomedical Science Articles; Journal of Scientific and Technical Research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2023.49.007790

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