Advances in Gut-brain Axis in Cerebral Ischemia (review) / 中国康复理论与实践

ABSTRACT

In the past decade, more and more researches interested in the intestinal microbial populations, especially the gut-brain axis. Gut-brain axis is feedback loop cycle with a variety of routes than a linear system, involving the central nervous system, autonomic nervous system, enteric nervous system and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, and many signal molecules. The intestinal microbiota plays a key role to start cerebral inflammation, which may be harmful or protective after stroke.