The gut is not just digestive and new evidence shows it actively controls brain function

The gut is not just digestive and new evidence shows it actively controls brain function

This comprehensive review synthesizes a decade of human and animal research to explain how the gut and brain communicate through hormonal, neural, immune, and microbial pathways. It highlights how disruptions in these pathways contribute to gastrointestinal, metabolic, and neurological disorders, and how modern therapies are beginning to exploit gut–brain signaling for clinical benefit.

Scientists Put Human Gut Bacteria Into Mice and Found Their Brains Showed Primate-like Activity

Gut bacteria don’t just fuel brains — they may help shape how brains work and evolve.

Is intelligence in the gut?

Microbes supporting the production of more metabolic energy could be key to the evolution of large brains. Continue reading Is intelligence in the gut? on Tech Explorist.

How gut microbes may have helped shape the human brain

Why do humans have such large and powerful brains compared with other primates? A new study suggests part of the answer may lie not in our genes alone, but in the trillions of microbes living in our gut. Researchers from Northwestern University have found that the gut microbiome — the community of bacteria living in […] The post How gut microbes may have helped shape the human brain appeared first on Knowridge Science Report.