Dectin-1 signaling on colonic γδ T cells promotes psychosocial stress responses

Clapp et al. (2017) describe the increasing evidence showing bidirectional communication between the central nervous system and gut microbiota (referred to as the gut-brain-axis), and associating these microbiota in the gut with gastrointestinal and extragastrointestinal diseases. Since dysbiosis and inflammation of the gut has been linked to the predisposition of several mental illnesses including anxiety […]

As part of this 2020 review, there was a meta-analysis carried out on the effectiveness of probiotic supplementation in psychiatric disorders. Several databases were systematically searched to find relevant articles published between January 1969 and December 2019. The aim was to comprehensively evaluate the bidirectional communication between the gut microbiota and the central nervous system. […]