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A new small study of healthy women who regularly consumed beneficial bacteria known as probiotics has provided the first evidence that changing the bacterial environment, or microbiota, in the gut can affect brain function in humans...
...Finally, as the complexity of the gut flora and its effect on the brain is better understood, researchers may find ways to manipulate the intestinal contents to treat chronic pain conditions or other brain related diseases, including, potentially, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and autism.
http://www.sci-news.com/medicine/article01138-probiotic-microflora-brain.html
Those interested in gut to brain interactions. PDF of the research article enclosed
Eco
...Finally, as the complexity of the gut flora and its effect on the brain is better understood, researchers may find ways to manipulate the intestinal contents to treat chronic pain conditions or other brain related diseases, including, potentially, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and autism.
http://www.sci-news.com/medicine/article01138-probiotic-microflora-brain.html
Those interested in gut to brain interactions. PDF of the research article enclosed
Eco