Targeting the microbiota-gut-brain axis: Prebiotics have anxiolytic and antidepressant-like effects and reverse the impact of chronic stress in mice

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Karakula-Juchnowicz et. al (2019) planned this 12-week, randomised, double-blind and placebo-controlled study (SANGUT) to evaluate the effect of probiotic supplementation on the mental status, inflammation, and intestinal barrier in major depressive disorder patients using gluten-free or gluten-containing diet and in order to determine the impact of interventions focused on the gut-brain-microbiota axis – which is […]

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This 2019 study utilized the data on the 26,118 adult participants (aged 19-64) of the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES, 2012-2016) to examine the relationship between probiotic food intake (assessed through a food frequency questionnaire) and depression status [determined using a Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and self-reported clinical diagnosis]. The subjects in […]