A gut feeling: Microbiome-brain-immune interactions modulate social and affective behaviors

Accumulating evidence suggests that the gut microbiome can modulate brain processes and behaviors relevant to eating behavior and reward signaling through the dynamic communication pathways of the microbiota-gut-brain axis. Altered gut microbial composition has been linked to disordered eating patterns, implicating the gut microbiome as both a potential mechanism underlying eating disorders and a target […]

Recent evidence pointed to the relationship between sleep disorders and the gut microbiome, demonstrating how the microbiome plays a role in overall host health, owing to the role of sleep in psycho-social health maintenance, weight management, and hormone levels. Thus, sleep is subject to derangements due to gut microbiome dysbiosis, just like a myriad of […]