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Stress sends immune cells into the brain
As discussed in my book, stress promotes inflammation and immune dysfunction, as well as anxiety. A new and very complete paper from John Sheridan and colleagues at Ohio State University provides evidence that stress also induces an influx of immune … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, cytokine, depression, inflammation, mental-health, stress
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Early gut bacteria regulate happiness
The above title is taken from a press release that coincided with the new article from John Cryan’s group at University College Cork, Ireland. In this case, “happiness” refers to the “happy hormone”, serotonin. Presumably this notion comes from the … Continue reading
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Tagged antibiotic, antipsychotic, anxiety, depression, GI inflammation, microbiome, multiple sclerosis, sepsis, stress
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