The existence of the gastric network suggests a link between the automatic regulation of processes such as digestion, and spontaneous brain activity. ...

The human is not a unitary entity but a dynamic and interactive community of human cells and microbial cells. Self is not a human trait but the product of complex interactions between human cells and a multitude of m ...

Changes to the microbial environment in the gut as a consequence of illness, stress or injury can lead to a broad spectrum of physiological and behavioral effects. Both CNS and the peripheral nervous system associate ...

I spent many years of my childhood watching my grandmother unable to do anything much other than sit in her chair and watch TV because of Alzheimers disease. Years later my grandfather followed her down the same path ...

Emiliana Simon-Thomas explains the neurobiology of compassion in a very clear and simple way. ...

R. Douglas Fields explains how the brain is more like a highly evolved collection of billions of bags of seawater than a computer. ...

Fluorine inhibits iodine uptake by the thyroid gland, hence the deficit of thyroxin and an inability to metabolize sugar, among other things. ...

Stress--appears to tap into the same immune system­-nervous system loop that triggers symptoms of the common cold via the non-specific immune response of the vagus nerve and pro-inflammatory cytokines. ...

Scientists have come up with a way to make whole brains transparent, so they can be labelled with molecular markers and imaged using a light microscope. The technique is called CLARITY. ...

An interesting look at how microbes work together to create at least six capacities which has traditionally only been attributed to brains. Are microbes sentient? ...