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ArticleBiological research for nursing2022

The Neuro-Endo-Microbio-Ome Study: A Pilot Study of Neurobiological Alterations Pre- Versus Post-Bariatric Surgery.

Khushbu Agarwal, Katherine A Maki, Carlotta Vizioli, Susan Carnell, Ethan Goodman, Matthew Hurley, Civonnia Harris, Rita Colwell, Kimberley Steele, Paule V Joseph

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Article in Biological research for nursing, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Khushbu AgarwalNational Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2511National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Katherine A MakiTranslational Biobehavioral and Health Disparities Branch, Clinical Center, 2511National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4578-960X
Carlotta VizioliNational Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2511National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5066-7386
Susan CarnellDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 1500Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Ethan GoodmanDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 1500Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Matthew HurleyDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 1500Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Civonnia HarrisDepartment of Surgery, 1500Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Rita ColwellCosmosID Inc., Rockville, MD, USA.
Kimberley SteeleDepartment of Surgery, 1500Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Paule V JosephNational Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2511National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Johns Hopkins University · USNational Institutes of Health · USNational Institutes of Health Clinical Center · US

Funding

Sensory Science and Metabolism; Molecular and Neuronal Mechanisms ZIAAA000136 · NIAAA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM · PI JOSEPH, PAULE · 2021 to 2025
$3.2M
Mechanisms Underlying Individual Variations of Taste and Smell in ObesityZIAAA000135 · NIAAA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM · PI JOSEPH, PAULE · 2021 to 2025
$1.2M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPlausible phenotype mechanisms following bariatric surgery include changes in neural and gastrointestinal physiology. This pilot study aims to investigate individual and combined neurologic, gut microbiome, and plasma hormone changes pre- versus post-vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG), Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), and medical weight loss (MWL). We hypothesized post-weight loss phenotype would be associated with changes in central reward system brain connectivity, differences in postprandial gut hormone responses, and increased gut microbiome diversity.

methodsSubjects included participants undergoing VSG,

resultsWe observed more widespread fALFF differences post-bariatric surgery versus post-MWL. Decreased post-prandial fALFF was seen in food reward regions post-RYGB. The highest number of microbial taxa that increased post-intervention occurred in the RYGB group, followed by VSG and MWL. The combined hormone, microbiome, and MRI dataset most accurately clustered samples into pre- versus post-VSG phenotypes followed by RYGB subjects.

conclusionThe data suggest surgical weight loss (VSG and RYGB) has a bigger impact on brain and gut function versus MWL and leads to lesser post-prandial activation of food-related neural circuits. VSG subjects had the greatest phenotype differences in interactions of microbiome, rsfMRI, and gut hormone features, followed by RYGB and MWL. These results will inform future prospective research studying gut-brain changes post-bariatric surgery.

Indexed as

Bariatric SurgeryGastric BypassObesity, MorbidGastrectomyHumansPilot ProjectsWeight Lossbariatric surgerycognitiongut hormonesgut microbiomeobesityresting state functional magnetic resonance imagingRoux-en-Y gastric bypassvertical sleeve gastrectomy

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