Newly Isolated Human Gut Bacterium Reveals Possible Link to Depression
Researchers have identified and isolated a gut bacterium which appears to have a significant link to depression. ... Read More...
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The Gut’s Link to Parkinson’s: Hype or Hope?
Researchers review the evidence that Parkinson's disease may, at least for some patients, begin in the gut. ... Read More...
Gut Bacteria Linked to Depression Identified
A new study reports two different gut bacteria are depleted in people with depression, regardless of antidepressant treatments.... Read More...
How Gut Bacteria Affects the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease
A new study reveals how bacteria in the gut is able to metabolize levodopa into dopamine in Parkinson's patients.... Read More...
Exploring the Social Epidemiology of the Microbiome
Researchers shed light on the epidemiological factors that help shape our gut bacteria from social relationships, socioeconomic status and health related behaviors.... Read More...
The Brain Hungers for Dopamine
A new study reveals the role dopamine plays in controlling eating behaviors. Researchers found when people crave specific foods, the brain releases more dopamine when they finally consume the item. The study reports the gastrointestinal tract is in constant contact with the brain and uses reward stimuli to control our desire for food. ... Read More...
Gut Microbiome Protects Against Acute Arsenic Toxicity
A new study reveals the role gut microbes play in protecting against arsenic toxicity.... Read More...
Gut Immune Cells Cut Inflammation in Multiple Sclerosis
A new study reveals the intestine as a source of immune cells that help reduce neuroinflammation in patients with multiple sclerosis. Increasing the number of these cells helps block inflammation entirely, researchers report. ... Read More...
Gut-Brain Connection Signals Behavioral Alterations While Eating: Worm Study
Researchers have identified neurons in the guts of C. elegans that detect when bacteria are ingested and release a neurotransmitter that signals the brain to halt locomotion. ... Read More...
Gut Microbiome Regulates Intestinal Immune System
A new study reveals the gut microbiome regulates the immune system. Vitamin A is key to allowing the symbiotic relationship, researchers report. ... Read More...
Sugar Targets Gut Microbe Linked to Lean and Healthy People
A new study looks at the effect a Western style diet has on the gut microbiome. Researchers report both fructose and glucose block the production of Roc, a protein required for the colonization of beneficial bacteria in the gut.... Read More...
Gut Hormone Increases Response to Food
Researchers discover activity in brain regions involved in reward response from dopamine was higher in subjects injected with the hormone ghrelin, but only when responding to images associated with food smells. The study reports ghrelin controls the extent to which the brain associates reward with food odors.... Read More...