Advanced Research on Nutrition and Gut–Brain Axis
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2025 | Viewed by 6
Special Issue Editors
Interests: gut–brain axis; cognitive impairment; diabetes; nutrigenomics; metabolic syndrome
Interests: health;nutrition; gut microbiota; genomics; metagenomics; antibiotics; genome integrity; medical education
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to submit to this Special Issue called "Advanced Research on Nutrition and Gut–Brain Axis", under the section Nutrition and Metabolism in Nutrients. This Special Issue focuses on the intricate and ever-changing relationships between diet, gut microbiota, and cognitive function, bringing together the state-of-the-art research at the nexus of nutrition, microbiome science, and brain health.
With implications for the onset and progression of neurodegenerative diseases, recent developments in nutrigenomics, metabolomics, and microbiome analysis have provided fresh perspectives on the role that nutrition plays in the gut–brain axis. Similarly, the disruption of gut–brain axis communication is increasingly linked to metabolic disorders like diabetes and metabolic syndrome, highlighting their importance in relation to nutrition.We invite the submission of high-quality original research, reviews, and clinical or translational studies exploring the role of nutrition in gut–brain communication. Studies exploring how nutritional interventions modulate the composition and activity of the gut microbiota—and how these changes, in turn, affect cognitive performance—are especially encouraged.
We invite you to advance our understanding of this fascinating interdisciplinary field by submitting your manuscript to this Special Issue.
Dr. Marina Mora-Ortiz
Dr. Rocío González-Soltero
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- gut–brain axis
- shot-gun metagenomic sequencing
- 16S rRNA sequencing
- Alzheimer’s disease
- mild cognitive impairment
- dementia
- dietary interventions
- mediterranean diet
- WHO healthy diet
- multiomics
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