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Vitamin C-enriched gelatin supplementation before intermittent activity augments collagen synthesis.

BACKGROUND: Musculoskeletal injuries are the most common complaint in active populations. More than 50% of all injuries in sports can...

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Differential myocardial abundance of collagen type I and type III mRNA in dilated cardiomyopathy: effects of myocardial inflammation.

OBJECTIVE: The collagen subtypes I (Col I) and III (Col III) are essential components of the cardiac extracellular matrix (ECM)...

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Yumi Hurst, Haruhisa Fukuda

Effects of changes in eating speed on obesity in patients with diabetes: a secondary analysis of longitudinal health check-up data

Objective - Few studies have examined the causal relationships between lifestyle habits and obesity. With a focus on eating speed...

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How to increase serotonin in the human brain without drugs

For the last 4 decades, the question of how to manipulate the serotonergic system with drugs has been an important...

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Gut microbes promote colonic serotonin production through an effect of short-chain fatty acids on enterochromaffin cells.

Gut microbiota alterations have been described in several diseases with altered gastrointestinal (GI) motility, and awareness is increasing regarding the...

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Serotonin and colonic motility.

The role of serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine [5-HT]) in gastrointestinal motility has been studied for over 50 years. Most of the 5-HT...

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Leo Galland

The Gut Microbiome and the Brain

The human gut microbiome impacts human brain health in numerous ways: (1) Structural bacterial components such as lipopolysaccharides provide low-grade...

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Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium longum supernatants upregulate the serotonin transporter expression in intestinal epithelial cells.

BACKGROUND/AIMS:Probiotics play a role in relieving irritable bowel syndrome (IBS); however, the underlying mechanism is yet unclear. The aim of...

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Exercise and Prebiotics Produce Stress Resistance: Converging Impacts on Stress-Protective and Butyrate-Producing Gut Bacteria.

The gut microbial ecosystem can mediate the negative health impacts of stress on the host. Stressor-induced disruptions in microbial ecology...

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