With growing interest in the gut microbiome, prebiotics and probiotics have received
considerable attention as potential treatments for depression and anxiety. We conducted a …

Depression is one of the most prevalent mental illnesses and is often associated with
various other medical disorders. Since the 1980s, the primary pharmacological treatment …

Background: Recently the gut microbiota has attracted significant interest in psychiatric
research due to the observed bidirectional gut–brain communication. A growing body of …

Background Patients suffering from depression experience significant mood, anxiety, and
cognitive symptoms. Currently, most antidepressants work by altering neurotransmitter …

Background & aims Depression is a major debilitating health problem with high global
prevalence. Gut microbiota dysbiosis might be implicated in pathophysiology of depression …

Accumulating data show that probiotics may be beneficial in reducing depressive symptoms.
We conducted an updated meta-analysis and evaluated the effects of probiotics on …

Background & aim Probiotics in the gut have been suggested to have a beneficial effect on
anxiety response and depressive disorder. Hence we conducted a systematic review and …

It has been reported that gut probiotics play a major role in the bidirectional communication
between the gut and the brain. Probiotics may be essential to people with depression, which …

Recent years have seen a rapid increase in the use of gut microbiota-targeting interventions,
such as probiotics, for the treatment of psychiatric disorders. The objective of this update …

Objective: Altering the gut microflora may produce health benefits in individuals suffering
from mood disorders. The purpose of this review was to evaluate the efficacy of probiotics …