A growing weight of evidence indicates that changes in the gut microbiome taking place over the course of aging contribute to the onset and progression of neurodegenerative conditions. Species producing beneficial metabolites, such as butyrate to upregulate expression of BDNF to encourage neurogenesis, decline in number. Species that are harmful because they contribute to the <a href="https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2016/08/considerin…
Infectious Agents in the Gut Can Accelerate Neurodegeneration
A growing weight of evidence indicates that changes in the gut microbiome taking place over the course of aging contribute to the onset and progression of neurodegenerative conditions. Species producing beneficial metabolites, such as butyrate to upregulate expression of BDNF to encourage neurogenesis, decline in number. Species that are harmful because they contribute to the <a href="https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2016/08/considerin…