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Microbial Muses: Threads of Our Inner Wisdom

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  • Susan E. Erdman

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA)

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Spiritual journeys unveil our inner wisdom to help us navigate traumatic life events. Scientific evidence implicates a gut–immune–brain axis in our sense of self, raising the possibility that our microbial partners and hormone oxytocin offer a sense of connectedness and liberate our ancestral archives to sustain us during challenging times.

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  • Susan E. Erdman, 2021. "Microbial Muses: Threads of Our Inner Wisdom," Challenges, MDPI, vol. 12(1), pages 1-4, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jchals:v:12:y:2021:i:1:p:10-:d:523668
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    1. Tara Raam & Kathleen M. McAvoy & Antoine Besnard & Alexa H. Veenema & Amar Sahay, 2017. "Hippocampal oxytocin receptors are necessary for discrimination of social stimuli," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 1-14, December.
    2. Niv Scott & Matthias Prigge & Ofer Yizhar & Tali Kimchi, 2015. "A sexually dimorphic hypothalamic circuit controls maternal care and oxytocin secretion," Nature, Nature, vol. 525(7570), pages 519-522, September.
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    1. John Zelenski & Sara Warber & Jake M. Robinson & Alan C. Logan & Susan L. Prescott, 2023. "Nature Connection: Providing a Pathway from Personal to Planetary Health," Challenges, MDPI, vol. 14(1), pages 1-23, March.

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