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Submit a paper on how stressors compromise barrier integrity, how dietary and microbial interventions can improve barrier function, or how exercise acts both as a challenge and a protective factor for the gut

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Resisting decline: the neuroprotective role of resistance exercise in supporting cerebrovascular function and brain health in aging by Baraa Al-Khazraji

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Gastrointestinal Sciences

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Research Topic of the Month - October

Article of the Month - October

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75th Annual Italian Society of Physiology Meeting in Torino

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Editors

stephen j pandol

ravinder abrol

waddah alrefai

naoki asano

Articles

Efficacy of multimodal rehabilitation strategies on gastrointestinal function recovery in postoperative aortic dissection patients: a narrative review

Association between body mass index at different levels and risk of gastroesophageal reflux disease: A systematic review with dose-response meta-analysis

The gut microbiome and gastrointestinal cancers: mechanisms, biomarkers and therapeutic opportunities

Physical capacity modulates intestinal barrier dysfunction in functional disorders: phenotype-specific patterns in fibromyalgia and irritable bowel syndrome

Research Topics

Integrated Pancreatic Physiology: Ion Transport, Calcium Signaling, Genetics, and Functional Crosstalk in Health and Disease

Gut Barrier Function in Stress and Health: Nutrition, Exercise, the Microbiome, and Gut-Brain-Muscle Interactions

Gut microbiota: Shaping tumor immunity and therapeutic responses

Geno-phenotype Specific Molecular Targets for Therapeutic Developments in Pancreatitis