Here, using a mouse model of tauopathy, the authors reveal that disruption of the gut microbiome drives tau pathology and cognitive decline, and identify five microbial metabolites that directly promo...

Agirman et al. find that imidazole propionate, a microbiome-derived metabolite, reaches the brain, dampens hypothalamic activity, and promotes stress-related behaviors. Human data show that higher ImP...

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Nature Communications - Gut bacteria digest dietary fiber and release molecules as energy for the host. Here, Yu et al. find that the ability of certain gut bacteria to digest different fibers...

Bidirectional communication between the gut microbiota and neuroimmune system is essential during host–microbiome interactions. Recent research has be…

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The study suggested that there are four bacteria that have potentials to remediate organic mercury contamination sites.

Overfishing and warming ocean temperature have caused an increase in methylmercury concentrations in some Atlantic predatory fish, and this trend is predicted to continue unless stronger mercury and c...

UCLA and UCSD research suggests a probiotic could one day increase the benefits of eating fish.

Yu and Chandra et al. engineered a commensal gut microbe, Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, to detoxify methylmercury (MeHg). The engineered bacterium reduces MeHg in the intestinal lumen, limits its accu...

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The study suggested that there are four bacteria that have potentials to remediate organic mercury contamination sites.

Overfishing and warming ocean temperature have caused an increase in methylmercury concentrations in some Atlantic predatory fish, and this trend is predicted to continue unless stronger mercury and c...

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There is increasing, but largely indirect, evidence pointing to an effect of commensal gut microbiota on the central nervous system (CNS). However, it is unknown whether lactic acid bacteria such as L...

Neuroscience; Microbiome

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