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GUT-BRAIN CROSSTALK. "A complex communication system that not only ensures the proper maintenance of gastrointestinal homeostasis, but is likely to have multiple effects on affect, motivation, and higher cognitive functions." https://lnkd.in/emBK9UZ View in LinkedIn

BIOME INFLUENCE ON BRAIN. "There is evidence that certain bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract may influence brain function and behavior." https://lnkd.in/eDFWAiD View in LinkedIn

BRAIN INFLUENCE ON BIOME. "The brain can influence gut microbiota via changes in gastrointestinal motility, secretion, and permeability and via signaling molecules released into the gut lumen." https://lnkd.in/eDFWAiD 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

IMPORTANT NEUROTRANSMITTERS. "More than 90% of the body's serotonin lies in the gut, as well as about 50% of the body's dopamine." This is a key fact. https://lnkd.in/e6njbZV 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

THE BRAIN IN THE GUT. "A wide range of such neurohormones, neurotransmitters, and their receptors—including corticotropin, somatostatin, and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)—are homologous to those found in microorganisms." https://lnkd.in/eDFWAiD 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

THE BRAIN IN THE GUT. "The enteric nervous system uses over 30 neurotransmitters, most of which are the same as those used by the central nervous system, including acetylcholine, dopamine, and serotonin." https://lnkd.in/eDFWAiD 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