2024
Volume 24, Number 2, pp. 70-77
Besides the development of mental disorders, gut microbiome bacteria appear to play a major role in turning on cognitive activity: Outcomes of experiments, foreseen implications and hypotheses
Gigi Tevzadze,1 Lali Shanshiashvili2,3 and David Mikeladze2,3
14-D Research Institute, Ilia State University, 0162 Tbilisi, Georgia
2Institute of Chemical Biology, Ilia State University, 0162 Tbilisi, Georgia
3I. Beritashvili Centre for Experimental Biomedicine, 0162 Tbilisi, Georgia
The article discusses the findings of laboratory experiments conducted over the past seven years, focusing on the investigation of the brain-gut axis. These experiments examine not only its role in mental disorders but also its relation to everyday cognitive activity. The research includes both animal experiments and analyses of human material. The results suggest that gut bacterial colonies are not only implicated in the development of mental disorders but may also have a significant influence on cognitive activity.