New insights into the communication mechanism between gut microbes and brain cells are published in Nature by scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell’s Ithaca campus. Mice with reduced gut microbes were not able to identify that a threat was no longer present as effectively as healthy mice and showed different gene expression in immune cells in their brains, demonstrating a molecular link between gut health and brain health. By engulfing and degrading unwanted synapses, the cells ensure that neuronal connections are pruned or maintained as needed8. The research is part of an ongoing collaboration among researchers from Cornell, Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, University College London, and other institutions around the world.
New insights into the communication mechanism between gut microbes and brain cells are published in Nature by scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell’s Ithaca campus. Mice with reduced gut microbes were not able to identify that a threat was no longer present as effectively as healthy mice and showed different gene expression in immune cells in their brains, demonstrating a molecular link between gut health and brain health. The research is part of an ongoing collaboration among researchers from Cornell, Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, University College London, and other institutions around the world.