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Gut-brain axis

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Our understanding of the gut-brain axis, the complex bi-directional communication network which links the central nervous system to peripheral intestinal functions, and specifically the integral role played by the gut microbiome, has significantly advanced in recent years. Critical gaps of knowledge however do still exist, particularly with regard to the precise mechanisms of information transmission.

This Collection aims to bring together original research on all aspects of gut-brain communication, including the neural, endocrine and immune pathways involved, and their relevance to the development, and potential mitigation, of neurological, gastrointestinal and behavioural pathologies.

Brown brain and organe intestinal system connected by a helical cord.

Editors

Gerard Clarke is Professor of Neurobehavioural Science in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioural Science and a Principal Investigator in APC Microbiome Ireland at University College Cork. His research interests include the impact of the gut microbiome on brain and behaviour across the life span, microbial regulation of tryptophan metabolism and translational biomarkers of stress-related neuropsychiatric disorders. Dr Clarke has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2016.

 

 

Renáta Cserjési is an Assistant Professor at Eötvös Loránd University. Her research interests centre around the relationship between mind (emotional and cognitive processes) and body, and how their discrepancy can be related to certain health problems, specially to disordered eating. Dr Cserjési has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2021.

 

 

 

Ceymi Doenyas is an Associate Professor with the Department of Psychological Counselling and Guidance of Yıldız Technical University in Istanbul, Turkey. Dr Doenyas’ awards and honours include the Howard Crosby Warren Prize (Princeton University), Outstanding Academic Achievement in Neuroscience (Princeton University), Summa cum laude in Psychology (Princeton University), and several more. Ceymi performs research in Applied Psychology and on Autism Spectrum Disorder where she has innovated many first-of-their-kind publications and protocols. Dr Doenyas has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2021.

 

 

David Vauzour is a Senior Research Fellow at the Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia. Dr Vauzour has a long standing interest in the impact of food bioactives on (neuro)degenerative disorders and to develop novel strategies to delay brain ageing and cognitive decline. His recent interests concern how food bioactives and APOE genotype modulate the gut microbiome-brain axis in ageing and neurodegenerative disorders and their underlying molecular mechanisms. Dr Vauzour has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2017.