Can microbiology affect psychiatry? A link between gut microbiota and psychiatric disorders

While uncertainty remains regarding the generalizability of findings from controlled animal studies on microorganisms inhabiting the gastrointestinal tract (gut microbiota) and their impact on host health and physiology, to the more multifaceted pattern of human pathophysiology, this 2018 narrative review summarizes the current knowledge on gut microbial influence over physiological function, with an emphasis on […]

This 2016 review examined the influence gut microbiomes have on brain development and neurological function, and the mechanism in which this can lead to mental illnesses. Evidence has emerged that the gut microbiome can have an impact on neural development, cognition and behaviour through gut-brain axis (the bidirectional communication system between the central nervous system […]