Review Paper

Obesity-Associated Neuropathy: Recent Preclinical Studies and Proposed Mechanisms 26 February 2022

In this review, we focus on interventions and their mechanisms that are shown to ameliorate neuropathy in MetS obese models including: (i) inhibition of a sensory neuron population, (ii), modification of dietary components, (iii) activation of nuclear and mitochondrial lipid pathways, (iv) exercise, (v) modulation of gut microbiome composition and their metabolites.

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Communication between the gut microbiota and peripheral nervous... 1 May 2022

Tyler Cook, Virginie M. Aubert

 In this review, we cover the general anatomy and function of the PNS, and then we discuss how the molecules secreted or stimulated by gut microbes signal through the PNS to alter host development and physiology.

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