The gut-brain axis in the neuropsychological disease model of obesity: A classical movie revised by the emerging director “microbiome”

This 2020 review evaluated the current evidence on the impact of gut microbes on cerebral blood-brain barrier (BBB) integrity. Upon describing the destruction of the BBB through the influences of microbiota and its metabolites on the nervous, endocrine, and immune systems and signaling pathways, Tang et al. (2020) suggests ways in which the BBB can […]

This 2020 review explains the influential role of gut microbiota in the gut-brain axis, focusing on the regulation of physiological functions by the microbiota-related gut hormones. These gut hormones are signalling molecules released by enteroendocrine cells present all over the gastrointestinal tract, and can play a crucial part in maintaining health. The gut microbiota itself […]