<story><title>Researchers Find Gut Bacteria Can Lead to Strokes</title><url>http://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-find-gut-bacteria-can-trigger-brain-lesions-that-lead-to-strokes</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>neuro_imager</author><text>This article is interesting but misleading. (I do surgeries on patients with strokes):&lt;p&gt;CCMs (cavernous malformations) are vascular lesions, rare vascular lesions and relatively rarely they can bleed and cause &amp;quot;strokes&amp;quot; (as in neurological deficits in patients).&lt;p&gt;However CCMs that bleed make up a minuscule fraction of a percentage of all patients who have strokes (which are generally caused by ischemia - blockages to vessels with decreased oxygenated blood to the brain).&lt;p&gt;The title should read &amp;#x27;gut bacteria can potentially trigger rare type of brain vascular malformations&amp;#x27;.</text></comment>
<story><title>Researchers Find Gut Bacteria Can Lead to Strokes</title><url>http://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-find-gut-bacteria-can-trigger-brain-lesions-that-lead-to-strokes</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>tudorw</author><text>I find this a fascinating subject, it would seem our gut microbiota is a driving force of much of the bio-chemistry that we experience as consciousness, serotonin, adrenaline, dopamine, oxytocin are all influenced by the state of our gut microbiota and it&amp;#x27;s great to see so much research in this area, how we feel seems to have a lot to do with what we eat...</text></comment>