Research Spotlight · Psychiatry & Gastroenterology We've…

Research Spotlight · Psychiatry & Gastroenterology We've been telling patients for years that gut health affects mood. Most of us said it cautiously, because the mechanism was murky. Harvard researchers may have just found a piece of the missing link. A new study found that Morganella morganii, a common gut bacterium, interacts with an environmental pollutant to produce a molecule associated with depression. The gut is not merely "influencing" mood. In specific conditions, it may be active