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Preferred term

Brain-Gut Axis  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Axis, Gut-Brain
  • Brain and Gut Axis
  • Gut and Brain Axis
  • Gut Brain Axis
  • Gut-Brain Axis

Scope note

  • An interactive network between the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT (gut) and the brain principally mediated through the ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM. Control of the gut activities during stress, for instance, is mediated by activation of neuroendocrine hormones (e.g., CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING FACTOR). Conversely, INTESTINAL MICROBIOTA associate with the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM through the axis via microorganism-derived products (e.g., UROCORTINS). Some functional GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS (e.g., IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME) have dysregulated brain-gut axis.

History note

  • 2022

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • aivo-suoliakseli
  • aivo-suolistoakseli
  • aivo-suolistoyhteys
  • aivot-suoliakseli
  • aivot-suolistoakseli
  • aivot-suolistoyhteys
  • aivot-suoliyhteys
  • Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000087502

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