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. 2021 Jan 10;13(1):196. doi: 10.3390/nu13010196

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Pathways of communication along the gut–brain axis. A complex interaction of endocrine, immune, and neural cells forms a signaling system that works by sensing changes in microbiota metabolites in the gut and communicating the changes to the brain via both circulatory and neural routes. EEC: enteroendocrine cell. Created with BioRender.com.