The Complex Interplay Between Gut-Brain, Gut-Liver, and Liver-Brain Axes

A comprehensive collection of the most current and wide-ranging knowledge in the field of gastrointestinal, liver and brain interactions

Cristina Stasi (Edited by)

9780128219270, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 9 April 2021

264 pages
23.4 x 19 x 1.8 cm, 0.54 kg

The Complex Interplay Between Gut–Brain, Gut–Liver, and Liver–Brain Axes provides current and wide-ranging information in the field of gastrointestinal, liver, and brain interactions that can be used in resolving important clinical issues. This book is systematically split into three distinct sections. The first section introduces the pathophysiology of the gut–brain connection, including the causative effect of the interactions between the gut and brain in gastrointestinal and psychiatric/neurological disorders, and the role of serotonin and its pathways in gastrointestinal disorders. The second section examines the pathophysiology of the gut–liver connection along with the interactions between gut microbiota and liver in chronic liver diseases, with special focus on the role of serotonin and its pathways in hepatic fibrogenesis. Finally, the third section describes the pathophysiology of the liver–brain connection, including the role of gut microbiota in hepatic encephalopathy, as well as dietary and therapeutic interventions that target the gut microbiome.

Section 1: Gut-brain axis
1. The Pathophysiology of gut-brain connection
2. The interactions between gut and brain in gastrointestinal disorders
3. The interactions between gut and brain in psychiatric/neurological disorders
4. The role of serotonin and its pathways in gastrointestinal disorders

Section 2: Gut-liver axis
5. The Pathophysiology of gut-liver connection
6. The role of gut microbiota in chronic liver diseases
7. The role of serotonin and its pathways in hepatic fibrogenesis

Section 3: Liver-brain axis
8. Gut
9. The gut-microbiota in hepatic encephalopathy
10. The Gut-Liver-Brain Axis: Dietary and therapeutic Interventions

Subject Areas: Life sciences: general issues [PSA]