Psycho-Microbiology, a New Frontier for Probiotics: An Exploratory Overview.

ABSTRACT: Probiotics are gradually gaining importance in the field of psychiatry in the form of psychobiotics. Psychobiotics' studies examine the existing relationship between gut microbiota and mental phenomena; the intake of certain strains of probiotics, such as Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus, for example, allow the gut microbial system to be modified in order to provide benefits at the psychic, immune, hormonal, and mental levels. Those who suffer from forms of depression, anxiety disorders, chronic stress, low mood, but also people who do not suffer from such disorders, can therefore benefit from the use of psychobiotics. Thanks to probiotics, neurochemicals can in fact be produced within the gut microbiota and interact with receptors of the enteric nervous system that innervat

SUBMITTER: Accettulli A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9696884 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature