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  1. The Gut–Liver–Brain Axis in Neurodegeneration: Unraveling Metabolic–Immune Crosstalk from Peripheral Sensing to Central Vulnerability 2026-10-08
  2. The microbiota-gut-brain axis in mental and neurodegenerative disorders: opportunities for prevention and intervention 2025-10-01
  3. Microbiota-gut-brain axis in neurodegenerative diseases: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic targets 2025-09-15

Studies

100 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1995 to 2026

Top journals

  • Journal of neuroinflammation 4
  • Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology 3
  • Frontiers in immunology 3
  • Nutrients 3
  • AIMS microbiology 2

86 journals in all.

Newest first, then by address. Each study has a usefulness score out of 100 (rubric version 4.0); tap a score to see what makes it up. Tags were assigned automatically from each study's title and summary. The same studies as a filter in the library.

  1. The Gut–Liver–Brain Axis in Neurodegeneration: Unraveling Metabolic–Immune Crosstalk from Peripheral Sensing to Central Vulnerability

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. Preprints.org 2026-10-08 Prevention and risk

    However, increasing evidence indicates that systemic metabolic dysfunction, chronic inflammation, intestinal dysbiosis, hepatic abnormalities, and barrier impairment may substantially influence disease susceptibility and progression.

  2. The microbiota-gut-brain axis in mental and neurodegenerative disorders: opportunities for prevention and intervention

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2025-10-01 Disease mechanisms

    The microbiota-gut-brain axis (MGBA) is increasingly recognized as a critical regulator of brain health, influencing both neurodevelopment and age-related neurological decline.

  3. Microbiota-gut-brain axis in neurodegenerative diseases: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic targets

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Molecular biomedicine 2025-09-15 Disease mechanisms

    The microbiota-gut-brain axis (MGBA) is an intricate bidirectional communication network that links intestinal microbiota with the central nervous system (CNS) through immune, neural, endocrine, and metabolic pathways.

  4. The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Connection: A New Horizon in Neurological and Neuropsychiatric Disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. CNS neuroscience & therapeutics 2025-09 Disease mechanisms

    This review explores the molecular processes underlying MGBA interactions, including vagus nerve signaling, systemic immunological responses, and metabolites produced by microorganisms.

  5. Gut Microbiota in Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders: Current Insights and Therapeutic Implications

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Biomedicines 2025-08-29 Disease mechanisms

    Recent studies increasingly highlight the complex interaction between gut microbiota and mental health, drawing attention to the role of the microbiota-gut-brain axis (MGBA) in the pathophysiology of mental and neurodevelopmental disorders.

  6. Probiotics, gut microbiota, and brain health: Exploring therapeutic pathways

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. AIMS microbiology 2025-07-08 Disease mechanisms

    The gut microbiome plays a significant role in regulating gastrointestinal (GI) function and modulating the gut-brain axis, which describes the bidirectional communication between the GI tract and the central nervous system (CNS).

  7. The relationship between gut microbiome and human diseases: mechanisms, predisposing factors and potential intervention

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology 2025-05-06 Disease mechanisms

    The complex interrelation of gut microbiota with human health underlines the profound influence this microbial ecosystem has on mechanisms of disease and wellness.

  8. Human oral microbiome and its influence on mental health and brain disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. AIMS microbiology 2025-04-14 Disease mechanisms

    The human oral microbiome can affect brain functions directly through the trigeminal nerve and olfactory system and indirectly via the oral-gut-brain axis.

  9. Microbiome: A Key Regulator of Body-Brain Interactions

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Advances in experimental medicine and biology 2025 Disease mechanisms

    The gut microbiota, consisting of trillions of microorganisms, plays a critical role in regulating host physiology, including metabolism, immune responses, and brain function.

  10. Neurodegenerative Disorders and the Gut-Microbiome-Brain Axis: A Literature Review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Cureus 2024-10-26 Disease mechanisms

    Neurodegenerative diseases are severe, age-related conditions with complex etiologies that result in significant morbidity and mortality.

  11. The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis and Neurological Disorders: A Comprehensive Review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Life (Basel, Switzerland) 2024-09-26 Disease mechanisms

    Microbes have inhabited the earth for hundreds of millions of years longer than humans.

  12. Microbiota-gut-brain axis in health and neurological disease: Interactions between gut microbiota and the nervous system

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Journal of cellular and molecular medicine 2024-09 Disease mechanisms

    Along with mounting evidence that gut microbiota and their metabolites migrate endogenously to distal organs, the 'gut-lung axis,' 'gut-brain axis,' 'gut-liver axis' and 'gut-renal axis' have been established.

  13. Exploring the gut-brain Axis: Potential therapeutic impact of Psychobiotics on mental health

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry 2024-06-22 Disease mechanisms

    One of the most challenging and controversial issues in microbiome research is related to gut microbial metabolism and neuropsychological disorders.

  14. The contribution of age-related changes in the gut-brain axis to neurological disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Gut microbes 2024-01-18 Disease mechanisms

    Trillions of microbes live symbiotically in the host, specifically in mucosal tissues such as the gut.

  15. Intestinal Barrier Function and Neurodegenerative Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. CNS & neurological disorders drug targets 2024 Disease mechanisms

    Neurodegenerative diseases are caused by the loss of neurons and/or their myelin sheaths, which deteriorate over time and become dysfunctional.

  16. Impact of Microbiome-Brain Communication on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2023-10-05 Disease mechanisms

    The gut microbiome plays a pivotal role in maintaining human health, with numerous studies demonstrating that alterations in microbial compositions can significantly affect the development and progression of various immune-mediated diseases affecting both the digestive tract and the central nervous system (CNS).

  17. The role of Lactobacillus in inflammatory bowel disease: from actualities to prospects

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Cell death discovery 2023-09-29 Disease mechanisms

    Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), a chronic nonspecific intestinal inflammatory disease, is comprised of Ulcerative Colitis (UC) and Crohn's Disease (CD).

  18. Microbiota-gut-brain axis and ketogenic diet: how close are we to tackling epilepsy?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Microbiome research reports 2023-08-29 Disease mechanisms

    The microbiota-gut-brain axis refers to the intricate bidirectional communication between commensal microorganisms residing in the digestive tract and the central nervous system, along neuroendocrine, metabolic, immune, and inflammatory pathways.

  19. Gastrointestinal Dysfunction in Neurological and Neurodegenerative Disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Seminars in neurology 2023-08-22 Disease mechanisms

    Increasing research links the gut microbiome to neurodegenerative disorders.

  20. The gut microbiota-brain axis in neurological disorder

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Frontiers in neuroscience 2023-08-04 Disease mechanisms

    The gut microbiota (GM) plays an important role in the physiology and pathology of the host.

  21. The gut-brain vascular axis in neuroinflammation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Seminars in immunology 2023-07-07 Disease mechanisms

    The multifaceted microbiota characterizing our gut plays a crucial role in maintaining immune, metabolic and tissue homeostasis of the intestine as well as of distal organs, including the central nervous system.

  22. The gut microbiome modulates the transformation of microglial subtypes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Molecular psychiatry 2023-03-13 Disease mechanisms

    Clinical and animal studies have shown that gut microbiome disturbances can affect neural function and behaviors via the microbiota-gut-brain axis, and may be implicated in the pathogenesis of several brain diseases.

  23. The Crosstalk between Microbiome and Mitochondrial Homeostasis in Neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Cells 2023-01-28 Disease mechanisms

    Mitochondria are highly dynamic organelles that serve as the primary cellular energy-generating system.

  24. Gut microbiota-derived metabolites and their importance in neurological disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Molecular biology reports 2022-11-18 Disease mechanisms

    Microbial-derived metabolites are the intermediate or end products of bacterial digestion.

  25. Microbiome-gut-brain dysfunction in prodromal and symptomatic Lewy body diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of neurology 2022-11-10 Disease mechanisms

    Lewy body diseases, such as Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies, vary in their clinical phenotype but exhibit the same defining pathological feature, α-synuclein aggregation.

  26. The intestinal barrier in disorders of the central nervous system

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. The lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology 2022-11-02 Disease mechanisms

    The intestinal barrier, which primarily consists of a mucus layer, an epithelial barrier, and a gut vascular barrier, has a crucial role in health and disease by facilitating nutrient absorption and preventing the entry of pathogens.

  27. Microbiome in Anxiety and Other Psychiatric Disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. The Medical clinics of North America 2022-10-28 Disease mechanisms

    Initial studies suggested that the fluctuations in the quantity, variety, and composition of the gut microbiota can significantly affect disease processes.

  28. Enteric nervous system and intestinal epithelial regulation of the gut-brain axis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2022-09 Disease mechanisms

    The gut-brain axis describes a bidirectional interplay within the enteric environment between the intestinal epithelium, the mucosal immune system, and the microbiota with the enteric nervous system.

  29. Faecal microbiota transplant ameliorates gut dysbiosis and cognitive deficits in Huntington's disease mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Brain communications 2022-08-12 Disease mechanisms

    Huntington's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder involving psychiatric, cognitive and motor symptoms.

  30. The Role of Microbiome in Brain Development and Neurodegenerative Diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 2022-05-25 Disease mechanisms

    Hundreds of billions of commensal microorganisms live in and on our bodies, most of which colonize the gut shortly after birth and stay there for the rest of our lives.

  31. Gut Microbiota Modification via Glucagon-like Peptide-1 with Beneficial Neuroprotective Effects

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 70 out of 100. Middle East journal of digestive diseases 2022-04-30 Drug development

    The results showed that intestinal expression of GLP-1 1 could reduce the intestinal pathogenic genus such as Enterobacteriaceae and was obviously associated with a greater number of beneficial genera such as Lactobacillus and Akkermansia.

  32. Linking circadian rhythms to microbiome-gut-brain axis in aging-associated neurodegenerative diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Ageing research reviews 2022-04-08 Disease mechanisms

    Emerging evidence suggests that both disruption of circadian rhythms and gut dysbiosis are closely related to aging-associated neurodegenerative diseases.

  33. Gut Microbiota Interact With the Brain Through Systemic Chronic Inflammation: Implications on Neuroinflammation, Neurodegeneration, and Aging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Frontiers in immunology 2022-04-07 Disease mechanisms

    It has been noticed in recent years that the unfavorable effects of the gut microbiota could exhaust host vigor and life, yet knowledge and theory are just beginning to be established.

  34. Guts Imbalance Imbalances the Brain: A Review of Gut Microbiota Association With Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Frontiers in medicine 2022-03-31 Disease mechanisms

    Over the last 10 years, there has been a growing interest in the relationship between gut microbiota, the brain, and neurologic-associated affections.

  35. Brain-gut-microbiota axis in Parkinson's disease: A historical review and future perspective

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Brain research bulletin 2022-03-01 Disease mechanisms

    Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common degenerative disease of the central nervous system (CNS) after Alzheimer's disease.

  36. A Comprehensive Review on the Role of the Gut Microbiome in Human Neurological Disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Clinical microbiology reviews 2022-01-05 Disease mechanisms

    The human body is full of an extensive number of commensal microbes, consisting of bacteria, viruses, and fungi, collectively termed the human microbiome.

  37. Gut feelings: the microbiota-gut-brain axis on steroids

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology 2021-11-03 Disease mechanisms

    The intricate connection between central and enteric nervous systems is well established with emerging evidence linking gut microbiota function as a significant new contributor to gut-brain axis signaling.

  38. Gut-brain axis: Synergistic approach

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Industrial psychiatry journal 2021-10-22 Disease mechanisms

    Since decades, there is a change in concept of the gut-brain axis.

  39. Introduction to the Special Issue "The Brain-Gut Axis"

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Cellular and molecular neurobiology 2021-10-15 Disease mechanisms

    This special Issue presents comprehensive and state-of-the-art advances in supporting the crucial role of the bidirectional interactions between the Brain-Gut Axis in health and diseases with an emphasis on the microbiome-gut-brain axis and its implications in variety of neurological disorders.

  40. Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis and Epilepsy: A Review on Mechanisms and Potential Therapeutics

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Frontiers in immunology 2021-10-11 Disease mechanisms

    The gut-brain axis refers to the bidirectional communication between the gut and brain, and regulates intestinal homeostasis and the central nervous system via neural networks and neuroendocrine, immune, and inflammatory pathways.

  41. Interplay of gut microbiota and oxidative stress: Perspective on neurodegeneration and neuroprotection

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of advanced research 2021-09-17 Disease mechanisms

    Recent research on the implications of gut microbiota on brain functions has helped to gather important information on the relationship between them.

  42. Gut dysbiosis, defective autophagy and altered immune responses in neurodegenerative diseases: Tales of a vicious cycle

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Pharmacology & therapeutics 2021-09-16 Disease mechanisms

    The human microbiota comprises trillions of symbiotic microorganisms and is involved in regulating gastrointestinal (GI), immune, nervous system and metabolic homeostasis.

  43. The Gut-Brain Axis: Literature Overview and Psychiatric Applications

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS 2021-08 Disease mechanisms

    Clinicians are encouraged to consider patients' gut health when evaluating and treating psychiatric conditions, such as anxiety and depression.

  44. Chronic colitis exacerbates NLRP3-dependent neuroinflammation and cognitive impairment in middle-aged brain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of neuroinflammation 2021-07-06 Inflammation and the immune system

    Administration of DSS induced colitis, impaired spatial and recognition memory, activated microglia, and increased A1-like astrocyte numbers.

  45. The Relationship Between the Gut Microbiome and Neurodegenerative Diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Neuroscience bulletin 2021-07-03 Disease mechanisms

    Many recent studies have shown that the gut microbiome plays important roles in human physiology and pathology.

  46. Regulation of Neurotransmitters by the Gut Microbiota and Effects on Cognition in Neurological Disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Nutrients 2021-06-19 Disease mechanisms

    Emerging evidence indicates that gut microbiota is important in the regulation of brain activity and cognitive functions.

  47. Does the epithelial barrier hypothesis explain the increase in allergy, autoimmunity and other chronic conditions?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Nature reviews. Immunology 2021-04-12 Risk factors

    There has been a steep increase in allergic and autoimmune diseases, reaching epidemic proportions and now affecting more than one billion people worldwide.

  48. Disorders of the enteric nervous system - a holistic view

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology 2021-01-29 Disease mechanisms

    The enteric nervous system (ENS) is the largest division of the peripheral nervous system and closely resembles components and functions of the central nervous system.

  49. Modulation of Gut-Brain Axis by Probiotics: A Promising Anti-depressant Approach

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Current neuropharmacology 2021 Disease mechanisms

    The human digestive system is embedded with trillions of microbes of various species and genera.

  50. The role of the microbiota-gut-brain axis in neuropsychiatric disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999) 2021 Disease mechanisms

    The microbiota-gut-brain axis is a bidirectional signaling mechanism between the gastrointestinal tract and the central nervous system.

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