{"id":205129,"date":"2025-02-01T01:22:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T07:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/imaging-reveals-gut-brain-connection-in-alzheimers-disease"},"modified":"2025-02-01T01:22:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T07:22:51","slug":"imaging-reveals-gut-brain-connection-in-alzheimers-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/imaging-reveals-gut-brain-connection-in-alzheimers-disease","title":{"rendered":"Imaging Reveals Gut-Brain Connection in Alzheimer\u2019s Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/imaging-reveals-gut-brain-connection-in-alzheimers-disease.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary: <\/strong>Scientists have used advanced X-ray phase-contrast tomography (XPCT) to uncover how gut health may influence Alzheimer\u2019s disease. The study found structural changes in the gut of Alzheimer\u2019s-affected mice, revealing abnormalities in intestinal cells, neurons, and mucus secretion.<\/p>\n<p>This supports the hypothesis that harmful gut bacteria may escape into circulation, triggering brain inflammation and neurodegeneration. The findings highlight the gut-brain connection and provide a new tool for detecting early disease markers.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers aim to further explore how the enteric nervous system communicates with the brain in Alzheimer\u2019s. The study paves the way for potential new therapeutic targets based on gut health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: Scientists have used advanced X-ray phase-contrast tomography (XPCT) to uncover how gut health may influence Alzheimer\u2019s disease. The study found structural changes in the gut of Alzheimer\u2019s-affected mice, revealing abnormalities in intestinal cells, neurons, and mucus secretion. This supports the hypothesis that harmful gut bacteria may escape into circulation, triggering brain inflammation and neurodegeneration. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1495,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-205129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-health","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}