A new understanding of the interaction between gut bacteria, the immune system, and the
brain is one of the central themes emerging on nutritional research horizons; concepts with …

As with so many other events the past year and a half the conference was an online event,
however, it was an exciting few couple of days for Microbes on Mind, as our very own Adam …

The human brain is the command centre of the nervous system and all physiological
processes in the body and is indeed an extraordinary organ. Although only constituting …

As recently as 2005, the suggestion that bacteria in the human gut could be a factor in
mental health was highly speculative, even contentious [1]. Even in 2011, it was still located …

Recent data suggest that the human body is not such a neatly self-sufficient island after all. It
is more like a super-complex ecosystem containing trillions of bacteria and other …

The microbial population residing within the human gut represents one of the most densely
populated microbial niche in the human body with growing evidence showing it playing a …

There is growing interest in the role that the intestinal microbiota and the related
autoimmune processes may have in the genesis and presentation of some psychiatric …

Recent evidence suggests that the gut microbiota plays a role in another aspect of central
nervous system (CNS) development‐the formation of the blood‐brain barrier (BBB). Most …

The gut–brain axis and the microbiome have recently acquired an important position in
explaining a wide range of human behaviours and emotions. Researchers have typically …