Suburbs and rural areas are generally in the mid40s. Yesterday morning we were down near freezing much of the region. Right near the potomac, right near the Chesapeake Bay, most locations mid60s. Away from the waters, eastern shore, many locations in the 40s, Shenandoah Valley out of the mountains. Few sprinkles up in pennsylvania. Thats going to stay to our north. Storm team 4 hour by hour forecast for today. By 8 00 a. M. , we will have still a chill in the air. Sunrise at 7 26. Then for your lunch hour by noontime, should climb into the low 70s with a light breeze and a delightful, dreamy afternoon. We ought to be peaking in the upper 70s by midafternoon, and thats really more like late august, early september. And then by 6 00 back down to the low 70s, heading back home from work and school. Sunset today at 6 18. Its hard to get used to these longer nights and shorter days. Thats what happens this time of year. Im back in ten minutes with the hometown forecast. First 4 traffic with
Horses and bayonettes. Good morning. Welcome to news 4. Were going to take a live look outside at 5 00 a. M. , 60 degrees out there. Pretty balmy for this time of year. Looks like nice weather. We were promised a warmup, and we got it. It did get into the low 70s yesterday. Today even warmer, if you can stand it. Going to be a good 10, 11 degrees above the average high by this afternoon. This morning dress for chilly weather. Just a few clouds drifting through now. And temperatures are in the 40s in the nearby suburbs and much of Northern Virginia, parts of maryland. Prince georges generally mid40s there now. And in the District Of Columbia and by the bay. In the mountains, generally in the 40s. Storm team 4 hour by hour forecast at 6 00 a. M. , still a chill in the air. Mild by lunch hour. Noontime temperatures hitting upper 70s by midafternoon. By late afternoon, back down to low 70s. Few clouds in and out. Sunrise 7 26. Sunset 6 18. Ill return with a hometown forecast in ten minutes
Gut Microbiome May Provide Novel Therapies for Neurological Disorders
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March 11, 2021
Researchers at the Baylor College of Medicine report that they have found that microbes in the gut may contribute to certain symptoms associated with complex neurological disorders. Their study “Dissecting the contribution of host genetics and the microbiome in complex behaviors,” published in
Cell, also suggests that microbe-inspired therapies may one day help to treat them.
Mauro Costa-Mattioli, PhD, professor and Cullen Foundation Endowed Chair in neuroscience and director of the Memory and Brain Research Center at Baylor, discovered with his team that different abnormal behaviors are interdependently regulated by the host’s genes and microbiome. Specifically, the team found that in mouse models for neurodevelopmental disorders, hyperactivity is controlled by the host’s genetics, whereas social behavior deficits are mediated by the gut microbiome.
Probiotics could hold the answer to neurological issues, study suggests A new study in mice with social behaviour deficits has suggested the gut plays a lead role in behaviour and brain function and microbiome modulating products may hold the key to treatment of social neurological disorders.
Dr. Mauro Costa-Mattioli, professor and Cullen Foundation Endowed Chair in neuroscience and director of the Memory and Brain Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, discovered with his team that different abnormal behaviours are interdependently regulated by the host s genes and microbiome.
The findings, published in the journal
Cell, reveal that in mouse models with neurodevelopmental disorders, hyperactivity is controlled by the host s genetics, whereas social behaviour deficits are mediated by the gut microbiome.
Gut Microbes Could be a Way to Treat Some Neurological Disorders
Researchers and clinicians have often studied genes that affect the function and development of the brain to explain neurological disorders. While we know that gene expression and variations in genetic sequences are important to human health, we re gaining a better appreciation of the influence of the gut microbiome on our biology. All of the microbes in the gut also have their own genomes, which affect us in different ways, and the gut also has a special, direct connection to the brain known as the gut-brain axis.
Researchers have now used a mouse model of behavioral problems to show how gut microbes may one day be a way to treat some neurological disorders. The work has been reported in