Chronic stress activates the HPA axis, increasing cortisol and neuropeptides that impair gut barrier integrity, shift ...

This month’s Healio Exclusive explores one of the most extraordinary and rapidly evolving frontiers in modern medicine: the ...

Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs), such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and multiple sclerosis (MS), represent a growing global health burden ...

The cells that line the inside of the gut may play a key role in triggering inflammation that drives MS, a study found.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating neurological disorder caused by malfunctioning immune responses that target the ...

This figure illustrates the impact of gut microbiota on the pathophysiology of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Healthy microbiota regulate the glutamate/GABA metabolic balance, inducing an ...

The gut and skin are both barrier organs, and they speak to each other through three main channels, Sonal Choudhary, M.D., FAAD, a dermatologist and dermatopathologist at the University of Pittsburgh, ...

Why do parasites cause loss of appetite? Scientists have identified a gut-to-brain signaling pathway involving tuft cells and ...

The gut is home to a richly diverse community of microbes and nearly 80 percent of the body’s immune cells. This menagerie of gut-derived cells send signals along a bidirectional cellular highway, ...

Researchers discovered a gut-liver serotonin axis where intestinal bacteria activate liver immune cells to clear drug ...

Allergies are usually associated with the immune system, genetics, and environmental factors. Increasingly, however, another ...