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Herbsprout is a webblog and podcast dedicated to sharing the health benefits of herbs, food, innovations related to our gut microbiome. Herbsprout seeks to bridge the vast chasm dividing the mainstream medical community and alternative medicine.

Need more proof our gut bacteria influences our brain? How about our memory?

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April 29 2020 study found another tangible connection between the brain and the gut, making its appearance in the form of memory. Microbiome might partner with genetics to affect memory,” said Janet Jansson, a microbial ecologist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and a corresponding author of the study in cooperation with Antoine Snijders, a bioscientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).

The labs identified four families of microbes that were associated with improved memory, including Lactobacillus, L. reuteri, in mice. To sparse out which microbe molecules were connected to memory, they found that Lactate was a common metabolic molecular byproduct, a molecule that all Lactobacillus strains produce. They fed lactate or Lactobacillus microbes to mice which increased their levels of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), a molecular messenger linked to memory formation in their brains.

Admitting that these same connections need to be verified in humans, Snijders believes that it might be possible one day to use probiotics to improve memory in targeted populations, such as people with learning disabilities and neurodegenerative disorders.

https://www.pnnl.gov/news-media/scientists-explore-links-between-genetics-gut-microbiome-and-memory

https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2020/04/29/genetics-microbiome-memory/

https://newatlas.com/science/microbiome-gut-bacteria-memory-cognition-lactate/

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