FAB: Prebiotics and Probiotics and Mental Health

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Prebiotics and Probiotics and Mental Health - Research

Yamanbaeva G et al 2023 - Effects of a probiotic add-on treatment on fronto-limbic brain structure, function, and perfusion in depression: Secondary neuroimaging findings of a randomized controlled trial
Nikolova V et al 2023 - Acceptability, Tolerability, and Estimates of Putative Treatment Effects of Probiotics as Adjunctive Treatment in Patients With Depression
Berding K et al 2022 - Feed your microbes to deal with stress: a psychobiotic diet impacts microbial stability and perceived stress in a healthy adult population
Johnstone N et al 2021 - Anxiolytic effects of a galacto-oligosaccharides prebiotic in healthy females with corresponding changes in gut bacterial composition
Noonan et al 2020 - Food & mood: a review of supplementary prebiotic and probiotic interventions in the treatment of anxiety and depression in adults
Johnson 2019 - Gut microbiome composition and diversity are related to human personality traits
Marotta et al 2019 - Effects of Probiotics on Cognitive Reactivity, Mood, and Sleep Quality
Skolnick and Greig 2019 - Microbes and Monoamines: Potential Neuropsychiatric Consequences of Dysbiosis
Valles-Colomer et al 2019 - The neuroactive potential of the human gut microbiota in quality of life and depression
Dinan et al 2018 - Feeding melancholic microbes: MyNewGut recommendations on diet and mood
Taylor and Holscher 2018 - A review of dietary and microbial connections to depression, anxiety, and stress
Soto et al 2018 - Gut microbiota modulate neurobehavior through changes in brain insulin sensitivity and metabolism
Marx et al 2017 - Nutritional psychiatry: the present state of the evidence.
Abildgaard et al 2017 - Probiotic treatment protects against the pro-depressant-like effect of high-fat diet in Flinders Sensitive Line rats
Lima-Ojeda et al 2017 - “I Am I and My Bacterial Circumstances”: Linking Gut Microbiome, Neurodevelopment, and Depression
Tillisch et al 2017 - Brain structure and response to emotional stimuli as related to gut microbial profiles in healthy women
Pinto-Sanchez et al 2017 - Probiotic Bifidobacterium longum NCC3001 Reduces Depression Scores and Alters Brain Activity
Ioana et al 2017 - Microbiota alteration is associated with the development of stress-induced despair behavior
Sharon et al 2016 - The Central Nervous System and the Gut Microbiome
Pirbaglou et al 2016 - Probiotics can reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms: systematic review
Steenbergen et al., 2015 - A randomized controlled trial to test the effect of multispecies probiotics on cognitive reactivity to sad mood.
Kaplan et al., 2015 - The Emerging Field of Nutritional Mental Health
Galland, 2014 - The Gut Microbiome and the Brain
Doré J et al 2013 - Hot topics in gut microbiota
Moloney et al 2014 - The microbiome: stress, health and disease
Grenham et al 2011 - Brain-gut-microbe communication in health and disease.
Bravo et al 2011 - Ingestion of Lactobacillus strain regulates emotional behavior and central GABA receptor expression in a mouse via the vagus nerve
Bravo et al 2011 - Ingestion of Lactobacillus strain regulates emotional behavior and central GABA receptor expression
Sullivan et al 2009 - Effect of lactic-acid producing bacteria on fatigue and physical activity in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.
Feeding Minds: The impact of food on mental health - Mental Health Foundation
Sudo et al 2004 - Postnatal microbial colonization programs the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal system for stress response in mice.
Madden & Hunter 2002 - Gut microflora in IBS and effects of probiotics - a review

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