Viscera affectum anno: the gut beyond eating behaviours

Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Feb;18(2):93-94. doi: 10.1038/s41575-020-00393-2.

Abstract

One of the most pleasurable, yet dangerous, activities of our daily life is eating. But once food has been swallowed, all we can do is to trust our gut. Several remarkable studies published in 2020 have expanded our knowledge on how the gut is intertwined with essential behaviours beyond food.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Behavior, Animal*
  • Brain / metabolism*
  • Caenorhabditis elegans
  • Drosophila melanogaster
  • Food Preferences / physiology*
  • Gastrointestinal Microbiome / physiology*
  • Intestinal Mucosa / metabolism*
  • Intestines / innervation
  • Intestines / physiology*
  • Intestines / physiopathology
  • Mice
  • Non-Nutritive Sweeteners
  • Oxidative Stress / physiology*
  • Sleep Deprivation / metabolism
  • Sleep Deprivation / mortality
  • Solitary Nucleus / metabolism
  • Sugars

Substances

  • Non-Nutritive Sweeteners
  • Sugars