The gut and the brain are inextricably linked because there's the vagus nerve.

So anatomically, you know, from when we're little fetus, these cells develop and as they

grow, they, and our nervous system develops, we develop a vagus nerve.

So there's this real physical, anatomical connection.

But the vagus nerve is also a two-way super-highway.

And because it communicates between the gut and the brain all of the time, and because

in the gut, houses more than 90% of the serotonous receptors in the body, it's a very significant

place that I feel for many years we've not paid enough attention to in psychiatry.

One very simple thing is we know that when someone is prescribed an SSRI, such as Prozac

Ozzol, they often develop gastrointestinal symptoms initially as a side effect.

We cancel our patients on that all the time, and yet, you know, we don't talk about the

effect that this happens because of your gut and your brain connection and because of

the receptors.

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Thanks so much for taking the time to join us.

Thank you so much, Srini Rao.

I really was looking forward to this conversation so much.

Yeah.

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