The novel virus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused
a pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Across the globe, a subset of patients …

Neurodevelopment is a complex process governed by both intrinsic and extrinsic signals.
While historically studied by researching the brain, inputs from the periphery impact many …

Evidence is mounting that the gut-brain axis plays an important role in mental diseases
fueling mechanistic investigations to provide a basis for future targeted interventions …

The intestinal milieu harbours the gut microbiota, consisting of a complex community of
bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses and protozoans that bring to the host organism an …

The blood that flows perpetually through our veins and arteries performs numerous functions
essential to our survival. Besides distributing oxygen, this vast circulatory system facilitates …

Ischaemia–reperfusion (I–R) injury, initiated via bursts of reactive oxygen species produced
during the reoxygenation phase following hypoxia, is well known in a variety of acute …

The gut microbiome has a tremendous influence on human physiology, including the
nervous system. During fetal development, the initial colonization of the microbiome …

Cognitive impairment is a core symptom domain of schizophrenia. The effect of
antipsychotics, the cornerstone of treatment in schizophrenia, on this domain is not fully …

Schizophrenia is a chronic mental illness of unknown etiology. A growing and compelling
body of evidence implicates immunologic dysfunction as the key element in its …

The term microbiome describes the genetic material encoding the various microbial
populations that inhabit our body. Whilst colonization of various body niches (eg, the gut) by …