In many ways, our gut microbiome is almost like the center of our physiology. Katarina ended up reading about this experiment as part of her PhD research years later. It was an experiment that relied on the quirks of lab mice. Some mouse strains tend to have different temperaments from other mouse strains. And if you're wondering how researchers measure mouse personalities, it's hard you can't get inside the mind of a mouse.
How we feel emotionally may be influenced by unseen troves of microbial life that live inside us. Is it possible to harness this gut power?
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