A systematic review of the beneficial effects of prebiotics, probiotics, and synbiotics on ADHD.

Pooneh AllahyariSaheb Abbas TorkiBahareh Aminnezhad KavkaniZahra MahmoudiMohadeseh Sadat Mousavi HoseiniMahdi MoradiFarkhondeh AlamiMohammad Keshavarz MohammadianSamira Bahoo Sele BaniKhadijeh Abbasi MobarakehHanieh ShafaeiSara KhoshdoozAzadeh HajipourSaeid DoaeiMaryam Gholamalizadeh

Published in: Neuropsychopharmacology reports (2024)

The use of probiotics and prebiotics as adjuvants therapy in patients with ADHD is beneficial. Further studies with longer duration, including more participants and a variety of age groups, and using various evaluation techniques such as in vivo observation are required to examine the effects of prebiotics and probiotics on ADHD.

Keyphrases

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
autism spectrum disorder
working memory
stem cells
mesenchymal stem cells
smoking cessation