Probiotics: A potential immunotherapeutic approach for the treatment of schizophrenia

This 2018 study focused on determining prebiotics’ potential effects on immunity and cognition because prebiotics affect the gut microbiota (a key regulator of neurological inflammation) and that the neuroinflammation induced by surgery is influential in postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD). The researchers therefore designed an experiment where adult rats undergoing abdominal surgery were fed with water […]

The aims of this 2018 review were to analyze the evidence for the anti-inflammatory influence of probiotics, and to describe the potential mechanisms behind probiotics’ antidepressant effects on patients with major depressive disorders (MDDs), with a particular focus on modulation of the immune system. Park et al. (2018) provide us with a narrative review of […]