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Diet, gut microbiome, brain and behavior
The gut microbiome consists not only of bacteria but also viruses (virome) and fungi (mycobiome). There is considerable evidence that gut bacteria influence the structure and function of both the enteric and central nervous systems and that changes in the microbiome can affect mood and cognitive functions. Dietary change alters the gut bacterial content and also the virome and these are in turn associated with changes in behavior and cognition. The pathways whereby these changes occur are multiple and interacting, and we are only just beginning to understand how these occur, but their importance to animal health is undoubted. This presentation will explore how microbes effect these changes and the pathways that may be involved in so doing from lumen to brain.
Keywords: microbiome, gut-brain axis, virome