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The choroid plexus: a new player in the (microbiome-)gut-brain axis

The healthy human gut microbiome contains 100 trillion bacteria, outnumbering the amount of human cells by a factor of 10. These bacteria are important in several crucial processes in our body. Hence, changes in the composition, caused

Metabolic imaging is new a tool to investigate blood-brain barrier in Alzheimer disease

Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia worldwide. AD is characterized by progressive decline in cognitive functions. In the initial stages, deterioration of memory and loss of other intellectual abilities start to interfere with