Month: September 2022

CENTRAL HIGHWAY. "Microbiota communication with the brain involves the vagus nerve." The vagus is the information super-highway between the gastrointestinal system and the central nervous system. The microbiota have hacked this otherwise secure communication system in their long symbiosis with us. https://lnkd.in/emBK9UZ View in LinkedIn

DEEP SYMBIOSIS. The enteric nervous system is the target of numerous bacterial metabolites that act on the sympathetic nervous system, serotonin release, memory, the learning process, and even host behavior. A pretty complete list of what defines being human. https://lnkd.in/emBK9UZ View in LinkedIn

LISTENING IN. "Ample evidence exists showing that eukaryotic signal molecules synthesized and released by the host can activate the virulence of opportunistic pathogens." https://lnkd.in/eWQtKdR View in LinkedIn

ALWAYS WATCHING. Our metabolic status is closely monitored by the normally suppressed population of bad players in the microbiota, looking for the opportune time to exploit us and cause dysbiotic illnesses. https://lnkd.in/eWQtKdR View in LinkedIn

STESS-TRIGGERED BACTERIA. "Expression of bacterial virulence is also controlled by detection of the eukaryotic messengers released in the micro-environment as endocrine or neuro-endocrine modulators." https://lnkd.in/eWQtKdR View in LinkedIn

STESS IS KEY. "In the presence of host physiological stress many eukaryotic factors are released and detected by Gram-negative bacteria which in return rapidly adapt their physiology." https://lnkd.in/eWQtKdR View in LinkedIn

BIOME AND STRESS. "The microbiota influences stress reactivity and anxiety-like behavior and regulates the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis setpoint." Densely packed sentence meaning game over in chronic stress, driven by pathogenic bacteria who take central stage and control the host. https://lnkd.in/emBK9UZ View in LinkedIn

STRESS RECEPTIVE. "Different psychological stresses can acutely change the composition and total biomass of the enteric microbiota, initiated through host neurotransmitter receptors present on bacteria themselves that pick up the stress hormones of the host." https://lnkd.in/emBK9UZ View in LinkedIn

STRESS AND PATHOGENIC BACTERIA. "Gut alterations associated with stress facilitate the expression of virulent bacteria." No longer just hand-waving, but now widely acknowledged. https://lnkd.in/emBK9UZ View in LinkedIn

PROBIOTICS. "Countless studies have also shown that probiotics perform a wide variety of healthy functions, including improved digestion, regularity and immune system functioning." https://lnkd.in/epqA-dt View in LinkedIn