{"id":219379,"date":"2025-08-04T12:08:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T17:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/newly-discovered-sixth-sense-links-gut-microbes-to-the-brain-in-real-time"},"modified":"2025-08-04T12:08:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T17:08:26","slug":"newly-discovered-sixth-sense-links-gut-microbes-to-the-brain-in-real-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/newly-discovered-sixth-sense-links-gut-microbes-to-the-brain-in-real-time","title":{"rendered":"Newly discovered \u2018sixth sense\u2019 links gut microbes to the brain in real time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/newly-discovered-sixth-sense-links-gut-microbes-to-the-brain-in-real-time.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a breakthrough that reimagines the way the gut and brain communicate, researchers have uncovered what they call a \u201cneurobiotic sense,\u201d a newly identified system that lets the brain respond in real time to signals from microbes living in our gut.<\/p>\n<p>The new research, led by Duke University School of Medicine neuroscientists Diego Boh\u00f3rquez, Ph.D., and M. Maya Kaelberer, Ph.D., published in Nature, centers on neuropods, tiny sensor cells lining the colon\u2019s epithelium. These cells detect a common microbial protein and send rapid messages to the brain that help curb appetite.<\/p>\n<p>But this is just the beginning. The team believes this neurobiotic sense may be a broader platform for understanding how the gut detects microbes, influencing everything from eating habits to mood\u2014and even how the brain might shape the microbiome in return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a breakthrough that reimagines the way the gut and brain communicate, researchers have uncovered what they call a \u201cneurobiotic sense,\u201d a newly identified system that lets the brain respond in real time to signals from microbes living in our gut. The new research, led by Duke University School of Medicine neuroscientists Diego Boh\u00f3rquez, Ph.D., [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":707,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-219379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219379","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\/707"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}