Daily Bowel Movements are Associated with Stronger Gut-Brain Phase-Amplitude Coupling and Better Cognitive Performance
Zeynep Ertürk, Klara Nielsen, Louise Margrethe Arildsen Jakobsen, Adam Duun Gottlieb, Hanne Christine Bertram, Henrik Munch Roager, Anke Ninija Karabanov
In 76 healthy middle-aged women, daily bowel movements went with better composite cognitive scores, stronger gastric-phase to EEG-alpha coupling and higher faecal short-chain fatty acids than less-frequent ones.
bioRxiv · Aug 24, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience✦ In-depth digest