Gut Microbiota: The Link to Your Second Brain

Gut Microbiota: The Link to Your Second Brain

Serotonin is a highly ubiquitous signaling molecule that plays a role in the regulation of various physiological functions. Several lines of evidence, including the present work from Hsiao and colleagues, demonstrate that, in the gut, microbial-derived metabolites affect the production of serotonin that in turn impacts host physiological functions.

Psychobiotics and Brain-Gut Microbiota Axis

Fermented foods containing probiotic bacteria have been used for many years to improve the health or treatment of some diseases. Nowadays, the Therapeutic properties of probiotics are becoming more and more obvious to everyone, insofar as in recent years, more attention has been paid to the potential relation between gut microbiota and mental health. Several studies have shown that intestinal m...

Gut Microbiota: The Brain Peacekeeper

Gut microbiota regulates intestinal and extraintestinal homeostasis. Accumulating evidence suggests that the gut microbiota may also regulate brain function and behavior. Results from animal models indicate that disturbances in the composition and functionality of some microbiota members are associated with neurophysiological disorders, strengthening the idea of a microbiota-gut-brain axis and ...

The Microbiota and Gut-Brain Axis

The ability of gut microbiota to communicate with the brain and hence modulate behavior is an emerging novel concept in health and disease. The enteric microbiota interacts with the host to form essential relationships that govern homeostasis. Although enteric bacterial fingerprint of each individual is quite unique, there appears to be a certain balance that confers individual’s health benefit...

Gut Microbiota and Neuropsychiatric Disorders