From: hounddog23x@gmail.com   
      
   New study links gut microbiome with psychiatric disorders    
      
      
   By Brooks Hays    
   March 26, 2015 at 3:51 PM    
      
      
   BATON ROUGE, La., March 26 (UPI) -- The role of microbes in dictating human   
   health is an increasingly popular research subject. A new study by researchers   
   at Louisiana State University suggests high-fat diets can cause brain   
   inflammation and alter    
   behavior.    
   Scientists say the neurological changes are triggered by changes in the gut's   
   bacterial makeup, or gut microbiome or microbiota. Previous studies have   
   pinpointed a link between gut microbes and psychological disorders like   
   anxiety and depression.    
      
   To further test the link between mind and stomach, researchers at LSU decided   
   to study the effects of an obesity-related microbiota on a healthy, non-obese   
   mouse. In other words, healthy mice were injected with microbiota transplanted   
   from the guts of    
   obese mice -- mice subsisting on high-fat diets.    
      
   Once subjected to the high-fat microbiota, the mice exhibited a number of   
   behavioral changes -- an uptick in anxiety, impaired memory, repetitive   
   behaviors and more. Researchers also observed physiological symptoms,   
   including inflammation of the    
   digestive system and brain.    
      
   The findings were published in the latest issue of the science journal   
   Biological Psychiatry.    
      
   "This paper suggests that high-fat diets impair brain health, in part, by   
   disrupting the symbiotic relationship between humans and the microorganisms   
   that occupy our gastrointestinal tracts," Dr. John Krystal, the editor of of   
   Biological Psychiatry,    
   explained in a press release.    
      
   Scientists say the evidence confirms that diet-induced changes to the gut   
   microbiome can have immediate and profound effects on brain function. The   
   findings also suggest physicians look to diet and microbial makeup as a   
   therapeutic target for    
   neuropsychiatric disorders.    
      
      
      
      
   http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2015/03/26/New-study-links-gut-mi   
   robiome-with-psychiatric-disorders/1401427396295/    
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)