The Human Biome and Human Behaviour

The book represents a critical update on interactions between the host and its gut microbiome that conditions the socio-biology of the mind and behaviour.

It describes trends and issues on which there is increasing evidence of the impact of host-gut microbiome interactions on behaviour and cultural construction of self-perception.

Autorentext

Jorge A. Colombo, MD, PhD. is a former Full Professor at the University of South Florida (USA) and Principal Investigator at the National Research Council (CONICET, Argentina). He is also a former Fellow of several international organisations, including NIH, von Humboldt Foundation, DAAD, and British Royal Society.

Inhalt

Acknowledgement
Preliminary quotes on the hypothesis regarding the primaeval origin of bioorganic molecules, a basis for prebiotic evolution
Foreword

1 Evolutive Considerations

2 Possible Life Origin
The Primal, Highly Adaptive, Opportunistic Commensal Living
Partners

3 The Dynamic of Change from the Human Perspective
The Concept of Anthropocene

4 On the Holobiont and Hologenome
Preliminary Comments
Holobiont and Hologenome

5 Microbiota and Species Evolution
Human Microbiome

6 Host Microbiome and Evolution. Living with Commensal Bacteria
Host Microbiome Evolution
The Human Context. Microbiome Inoculum in Newborns. Host Diet
Evolutive, Comparative Considerations
Microbiota and Feeding Cultural Profiles

7 Brain-Gut Microbiome Interactions

8 The Microbiome and its Behavioural Impact
Systemic Impact
Microbiome Impact on Behaviour and Cognition
Neurocognitive and Social Behavioural impact
A Human Experiment in Spaceflight Conditions

9 Human Postnatal Growth and Critical Period
Conditions of Human Postnatal Growth
Birth Weight and Energy Reserves
Experimental Research on Brain Critical Period
Early Experience and Human Development

10 Gut Microbiome, Diet, Poverty, and Child Development
Poverty and Early Malnourishment Impact on Child Development
Microbiome and Brain/Mental Development
Early Malnutrition

11 Beyond Human Pride

12 Brain and Gut Microbiome: An Integrated View of Conditioning Developmental
Processes
The Feeble Notion of Freedom. Freedom in a Conditioning Cage
Concluding Remarks

Index