Stressing the gut-brain axis

TheScienceBreaker, vol. 10

Abstract

It is widely known that psychological stress influences many aspects of our health. This is particularly true in the case of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a widespread disease of the gut. We found that psychological stress leads to inflammation of the gut by changing the gut-residing nervous system, which may inform therapeutic approaches in the future.

Authors 3

1. Niklas Blank

   University of Pennsylvania · University of Freiburg

   Affiliation as printed

   University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

   University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

   University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

2. Kai Markus Schneider Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   RWTH Aachen University

3. Christoph A. Thaiss

   University of Pennsylvania

   Affiliation as printed

   University of Pennsylvania