A mouse study finds a remarkable microbial connection to fear.
A new study in Nature finds that gut microbes are essential for extinguishing the fear response in mice. This may help clinicians devise strategies for people with anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The study is the latest in a continuing exploration of the mechanics of the gut-brain axis.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/201910/unending-fear-and-the-gut-brain-axis
Life stressors can lead to nasty diseases. Here’s how to chill out.
For many of us, stress starts when we wake and ramps up throughout the day. We are steeped in it. For the worst afflicted, it can define their lives. We may no longer have to deal with lions on the savannah, but we have stressor aplenty, and they are unrelenting.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/201910/stress-can-kill-you-how-cope
Introducing a new food pyramid for a better mood.
The road to happiness winds through your gut. Here are five tips to improve your mood with good food.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/201908/can-you-eat-yourself-happy
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal disease with no cure. New research shows that gut microbes play an important role and may help slow disease progression.
Can depression be transferred via microbes?
Researchers find an unorthodox method to transmit depression from one animal to another. What are the implications for psychiatry?
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/201907/transferring-the-blues
Microbes exert a surprising amount of control over our mind.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/201907/microbes-and-the-mind
How the bacteria in your gut manipulate your sleep patterns.
Your gut microbes can affect your mood and your sleep patterns. Here are six ways to help you sleep better at night.
Your gut microbiota is brazenly giving you cravings to get what it wants.
These cravings may not be in your favor. Learn how to gain the upper hand.
How much influence do your microbes have over your choice of sexual partners?
It turns out that your microbiota has a surprising impact on your attractiveness and may even determine who you will fall for and who will fall for you. Learn how to harness that power!
In the first thousand days, proper brain growth depends on a healthy microbiota.
Early microbial disruptions can alter brain development, setting the stage for later mental illness. What happens in your first thousand days could change your mood for life.