Altered regional brain activity and functional connectivity in resting-state brain networks associated with psychological erectile dysfunction.

Introduction: Erectile dysfunction (ED), especially psychological ED (pED), is usually accompanied with psychological factors, which are related to abnormal activity in brain regions involved in sexual behavior. However, the mechanisms underlying functional changes in the brain of pED are still unclear. The present study aimed to explore the abnormalities of brain function, as well as their relationships with sexual behavior and emotion in pED patients.

Elemicin exposure induced aberrant lipid metabolism via modulation of gut microbiota in mice.

Elemicin (Ele) is a constituent of natural alkenylbenzene present in many foods and herbs. Ele exposure could induce hepatomegaly and hepatosteatosis. However, the role of gut microbiota in Ele-induced hepatotoxicity remains unclear.