date:Jun 20, 2019
mental health; people suffering depression were found to have low levels of coprococcus and dialister bacteria, while both coprococcus and faecalibacterium were more frequently found in those claiming a high mental quality of life. The link may be purely correlational, but the study did also find that gut microbes can communicate with the nervous system.
We studied whether gut bacteria in general would have a means to talk to the nervous system, by analysing their DNA, said Jeroen Raes, of the