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

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 […]

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), debilitating illnesses of the gastrointestinal system with few effective therapies, may benefit from nutritional intervention as a cost-effective and efficient means of treating symptoms. Glucoraphanin (GLR), one of the highly concentrated glucosinolate chemicals, may be converted by certain mammalian gut bacteria into the anti-inflammatory isothiocyanate sulforaphane. It is uncertain if colitis […]