The human gastrointestinal tract is inhabited by the largest microbial community within the
human body consisting of trillions of microbes called gut microbiota. The normal flora is the …

Bipolar disorders (BD) represent a severe leading disabling mental condition worldwide
characterized by episodic and often progressive mood fluctuations with manic and …

Accumulating evidence indicates that patients with severe mental disorders, including major
depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia present with various alterations of the gut …

Reduced gut-microbial diversity (“gut dysbiosis”) has been associated with an anhedonic/
amotivational syndrome (“sickness behavior”) that manifests across severe mental disorders …

Background The gut microbiome and microbiome-gut-brain (MGB) axis have been receiving
increasing attention for their role in the regulation of mental behavior and possible biological …

The human gut contains trillions of symbiotic bacteria that play a key role in programming
different aspects of host physiology in health and disease. Psychotropic medications act on …

The central nervous system (CNS) and the human gastrointestinal (GI) tract communicate
through the gut-brain axis (GBA). Such communication is bi-directional and involves …

Antipsychotic medications are critical to child and adolescent psychiatry, from the
stabilization of psychotic disorders like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and psychotic …

Relationship between drugs and microbiota is bilateral. Proper composition thus function of
microbiota is a key to some medications used in modern medicine. However, there is also …

Schizophrenia (SCZ) is a severe mental disorder with high morbidity and lifetime disability
rates. Patients with SCZ have a higher risk of developing metabolic comorbidities such as …