The Gut Microbiome and Enteric Nervous System
The bidirectional connection in which the gut communicates with the brain
What is the gut-brain axis?
What are probiotics?
The number of participants
What is 58?
FIGURE 5: Signified stress improved performance
What is above 0?
Occurring or pertaining to the intestines
What is enteric?
Mice without a gut microbiome
What are germ-free mice?
What is a double-blind study?
FIGURE 3e: The type of data this graph displays
What is behavioral data?
The kind of medication that can be harmful to the gut because it clears ALL bacteria (whether good or bad)
What are antibiotics?
A neurotropic factor crucial for neuronal plasticity and brain health
What is BDNF?
Task that requires the participant to repeat a sequence of numbers in reverse order
What is the Digit Span Backward test?
FIGURE 3f: The colors associated with greater incongruent activation over congruent activation
What are hot colors?
Where the majority of the immune system is located
The amount of bacteria living in our gut
What is over 10 trillion bacteria?
Measures emotional regulation and activates medial/ventral frontal cortex
What is the Emotional Face-Word Stroop Task?
FIGURE 5: The placebo group changed after intervention by...
What is no change?
The five major influencers for the gut microbiome
What are medications, environmental factors, age, genetics, and diet?
The three dependent variables in the study
What are emotion reactivity, regulation of emotion reactivity, and general cognitive control?
Hand submerged in ice water (0–3°C) for up to 3 minutes
What is the Socially Evaluated Cold Pressor Test?
FIGURE 5: The change in the DS Backward score in the experimental group after intervention
What is increased?