Gut-Brain Axis in Neurological Disorders

The human gut microbiome is a diverse population of microorganisms. The development of native microbiome starts at birth and is highly adaptable to changes with age, food habits, lifestyle, and physiological conditions (ailments). Advanced “omics based” techniques are aiding in identifying and establishing the quantitative and qualitative metabolic profiles, activity profiles, and complex interactions between gut microbiota and many physiological ailments, including obesity, intestinal bowel diseases, type 2 diabetes, and several types of cancers. Several studies have identified a direct relation between gut microbiota composition and subject’s health including in aging and neurologi¬cal ailments. Therefore, internal microbiota composition might become one of the critical factors in maintaining good health as well as a crucial indicator of disease theranostics. This book explores all the dimensions for microbiota composition, in relation with geriatric health issues, and provides insight into the available contemporary medicine and traditional or alternative strategies for the treatment and prevention of diseases.

Dr. Vishal Ahuja received a Ph.D. and master’s in biotechnology from Department of Biotechnology, Himachal Pradesh University. He has >6 years of experience in waste valorization and production of green fuels and bioactive compounds via microbial fermentation, for energy and healthcare related applications. He has worked at CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, India in FTT project and currently working as Assistant Professor Research and Development at Chandigarh University India. He has >45 publications in form of research, review articles and book chapters, and 3 edited book with >500 citations, h-index 12, and i10-index of 12. Based on his research contribution in agricultural waste valorization, he is awarded with “Young Scientist Award” by Society of Agriculture Research and Social Development, New Delhi, India in 2023. He is the reviewer many top reputed journals and reviewed >100 manuscripts. He is also editorial board member of PLOS One and Scientifica, BMC Biotechnology, Biomed Research International, Hindawi.

Dr. Preeti Solanki has more than 9 years of teaching and research experience in the field of Environmental Science, Biotechnology, Ageing research, Neurobiology and Neurophysiology. She has worked with government institutions of national repute like DRDO, University of Delhi, and PGIMS (Rohtak) besides private institutions like LPU, DAV and Chandigarh University. She has published more than 20 international publications and received fellowships, research grants and international travel grants from national and international bodies like American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences (USA), International Brain Research Organization, Society for Psychophysiological Research (USA), DRDO (India), UGC (India), and AICTE (India).

Dr. Harmail Singh has been working as medical officer anesthesiologist under the Directorate of Health Services, Punjab, India, since April 2015, and is presently posted at at Civil Hospital, Banur, Punjab. He completed his MBBS from Government Medical College, Amritsar, Punjab in 2008, after which he pursued his junior residency at Fortis, Mohali, and in Transfusion Medicine at GMCH, Chandigarh. After completing his Diploma in Anesthesia and Critical care, he worked as a senior resident at GMCH, Chandigarh during 2012-2015. He is a young and dynamic health professional with more than 10 years of experience in critical care medicine.