#### [[notes_Brain Gut Axis ]] **Creator**:: [[Dr. K]] **Source**:: [[course_Dr. K's Guide to Mental Health]] **Link**:: [Healthy Gamer](https://coaching.healthygamer.gg/guide/lessons/brain-gut-axis) #### Notes - [[brain-gut axis]] - [[Ayurveda]] has been studying this for millenia - This is the common human intuition - butterflies in your stomach - [[Vagus Nerve]] connects brain to [[gut]] - [[Basal Ganglia]] produces dopamine and governs movement - [[Parkinson's Disease]] is when [[Basal Ganglia]] fills up with [[Lewy Body]]'s - Recent research shows that [[Lewy Body]]'s actually come from the gut - [[Gut]] is filled with [[bacteria]] - break down food and turn it into things including [[Neurotransmitter]]s like [[Serotonin]] - Diet can be used to boost the production of [[Neurotransmitter|neurotransmitters]] in the [[gut]] - [[Intestinal wall]] blocks off our [[digestive process]] from the outside world. - intestines are actually a hole going through our body - Creates low level gut [[inflammation]] that effects the whole body