The gut-brain axis, the microbiome, and chronic disease development

What I’d like to focus on with this article is a major network of disease causation and progression involving the gut-brain axis, the gastrointestinal microbiome, and inflammatory cascades.

The enteric (meaning of the gut) nervous system’s connection to the central nervous system is often referred to as the “gut-brain axis.” The interplay between the enteric nervous system (ENS) and the central nervous system (CNS) helps regulate many processes, but a few of them include: gut motility, blood flow, fluid exchange, bile and stomach acid secretion, and digestive enzyme production [1]. As a bit of a side note, the ENS …read more