The Role of an Altered Gut Microbiome in Parkinson’s Disease: A Narrative Review
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
In their manuscript entitled” The Role of an Altered Gut Microbiome in Parkinson’s Disease: A narrative review” Hashish et al. reported the role of microbiote in Parkinson’s disease, describing the different published studies.
I find the manuscript to be well written and well organized.
Author Response
We would like to thank respected reviewers for their constructive feedback and comments
Reviewer 2 Report
There are multiple declarative conclusions in the article without the identification of references, please supplement the quotation.
There are too many references in the article, when citing those articles, only the conclusions of the article are expressed. The statement was too simple, lacking of explanation for these conclusions. It was suggested to deleting some citations and choosing more representative ones.
Too many citations were piled up, however, the author did not summarize and discuss these documents, lacking of the author's own thoughts.
The article did not indicate the number of lines, which had caused difficulties in reviewing the manuscript.
Part 4.3: Please explain the meaning of the MMSE and MoCA scores.
Author Response
We would like to thank respected reviewers for their constructive feedback and comments
Reviewer #2
There are multiple declarative conclusions in the article without the identification of references, please supplement the quotation.
All un-supplemented quotations were referenced. Additionally, the reference style was edited.
There are too many references in the article, when citing those articles, only the conclusions of the article are expressed. The statement was too simple, lacking of explanation for these conclusions. It was suggested to deleting some citations and choosing more representative ones.
Too many citations were piled up, however, the author did not summarize and discuss these documents, lacking of the author's own thoughts.
References were revisited to ensure their relevance to the topic and the author’s own thoughts were added when relevant.
The article did not indicate the number of lines, which had caused difficulties in reviewing the manuscript.
Done
Part 4.3: Please explain the meaning of the MMSE and MoCA scores.
Done
Reviewer 3 Report
Dear Authors,
I've read with really great interest your manuscript titled: "The Role of an Altered Gut Microbiome in Parkinson's Disease: A narrative review". It was exciting since it is my main research area. This paper is well-structured and organized and with sufficient information. However, the paragraphs are overly long and can be tiring for the reader. It can be accepted for publication after this minor revision.
Kind regards and all the best,
The Reviewer
Author Response
We would like to thank respected reviewers for their constructive feedback and comments
Reviewer #3
The paragraphs are overly long and can be tiring for the reader. It can be accepted for publication after this minor revision.
Some paragraphs were split (section 5 and section 6)
Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
The authors had addressed my questions and it could be accepted in the present version.
