Post-stroke shifts in gut bacteria could cause additional brain injury
Mouse study suggests fecal transplants as therapy
![T-cell cycles](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/071216_re_stroke-microbiome_free.png?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
VICIOUS CYCLE After a brain injury, the guts become temporarily paralyzed. That alters gut microbe populations, triggering the activity of pro-inflammatory T cells, which cause further damage in the brain, mouse studies show.
E. Otwell