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Probiotics and the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis: Focus on Psychiatry.

Sabrina MorklMary I ButlerAnna HollJohn F CryanTimothy G Dinan
Published in: Current nutrition reports (2021)
Probiotics are likely to improve depression but not schizophrenia. Regarding anxiety, there is only one trial which showed an effect of a multispecies probiotic. However, determinants like the duration of treatment, dosage and interactions have not been thoroughly investigated and deserve more scientific attention. Microbiome-based therapies such as probiotics could be cautiously recommended for depression to enhance beneficial bacteria in the gut and to improve mood through the gut-brain axis.
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