Microbial Endocrinology The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis in Health and Disease [Paperback]

The field of microbial endocrinology is expressly devoted to understanding the mechanisms by which the microbiota (bacteria within the microbiome) interact with the host (us).?This interaction is a two-way street and the driving force that governs these interactions are the neuroendocrine products of both the host and the microbiota. Chapters include neuroendocrine hormone-induced changes in gene expression and microbial endocrinology and probiotics. This is the first in a series of books?dedicated to understanding how bi-directional communication between host and bacteria represents the cutting edge of translational medical research, and hopefully identifies new ways to understand the mechanisms that determine health and disease.

Part I: Basic Concepts Underlying the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis.- Microbial Endocrinology and the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis.- Utilizing omics Tools to Study the Complex Gut Ecosystem.- The Enteric Nervous System and Gastrointestinal Innervation: Integrated Local and Central Control.- Intestinal Barrier Function and the Brain-Gut Axis.- Vagal Pathways for Microbiome-Brain-Gut Axis Communication.- The Brain-Gut Axis in Health and Disease.- Part II: Mechanistic Factors Influencing the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis.- Gastrointestinal Hormones and Their Targets.- Microbiome, HPA Axis and Production of Endocrine Hormones in the Gut.- Neuropeptides and the MicrobiotaGutBrain Axis.- Bacterial Neuroactive Compounds Produced by Psychobiotics.- Multidirectional Chemical Signalling Between Mammalian Hosts, Resident Microbiota, and Invasive Pathogens:? Neuroendocrine Hormone-Induced Changes in Bacterial Gene Expression.- Influence of Stressor-Induced Nervous System Activation on the Intestinal Microbiota and the Importance for Immunomodulation.- Part III: The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis in Health and Disease.- The Effects of Inflammation, Infection and Antibiotics on the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis.- Microbiota, Inflammation al£•