title: Neuroimaging the microbiome-gut-brain axis.
abstract: The brain is the most complex organ in the human body, interacting with every other major organ system to continuously maintain homeostasis. Thus it is not surprising that the brain also interacts with our microbiota, the trillions of bacteria and other organisms inhabiting the ecosystem of the human being. As we gather knowledge about the way that our microbiota interact with their local environments, there is also increasing interest in their communication with the brain.
authors.affiliation: Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, Gail and Gerald Oppenheimer Family Center for Neurobiology of Stress, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10833 LeConte Ave, CHS 42-210 MC737818, 957378, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-7378, USA, ktillisch@mednet.ucla.edu.
authors.forename: Kirsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tillisch
authors.forename: Jennifer S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Labus
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D064307:Microbiota / Q000502:physiology*; D059906:Neuroimaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography