Germ Communities in Our Gut Talk to Our Brain
There are trillions of microbes inside the human body, and University College Cork professor Dr John Cryan’s studies indicate that these germ communities appear to influence both the brain and its behaviors. Since that groundbreaking and contested 2014 announcement, much more research has continued to support the idea that the human microbiome impacts depression, dementia, autism, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s and even Parkinson’s disease. All of this has led to a closer connection between neuroscience and microbiology—but information on the relationship has really only just begun. Read more about the connection at the New York Times.
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