The effects of probiotics on depressive symptoms in humans: a systematic review

CJK Wallace, R Milev - Annals of general psychiatry, 2017 - Springer
… Five studies assessed mood symptoms, seven studies assessed anxiety symptoms, and …
results on all measures of depressive symptoms; however, the strain of probiotic, the dosing, …

Effect of probiotics on depressive symptoms: A meta-analysis of human studies

KK Goh, YW Liu, PH Kuo, YCE Chung, ML Lu… - Psychiatry …, 2019 - Elsevier
symptoms. We conducted an updated meta-analysis and evaluated the effects of probiotics
on depressive symptoms. A … Participants treated with probiotics showed significantly greater …

A meta-analysis of the use of probiotics to alleviate depressive symptoms

QX Ng, C Peters, CYX Ho, DY Lim, WS Yeo - Journal of affective disorders, 2018 - Elsevier
… Some preclinical and clinical studies have demonstrated the positive impact of probiotic
supplementation on depressive symptoms. This paper aims to provide an updated meta-…

The effects of probiotics on symptoms of depression: Protocol for a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial

CJK Wallace, JA Foster, CN Soares, RV Milev - Neuropsychobiology, 2020 - karger.com
effects. A recent metaanalysis also demonstrated promise for probiotics in alleviating depressive
symptoms … of a probiotic supplement on symptoms of depression in 10 treatment-naïve, …

[HTML][HTML] Gut feelings: A randomised, triple-blind, placebo-controlled trial of probiotics for depressive symptoms

B Chahwan, S Kwan, A Isik, S van Hemert… - Journal of affective …, 2019 - Elsevier
probiotics did not appear to have had a direct effect on depressive symptoms, our results
suggest that probiotics potentially act on cognitive processes contributing to depression. …

Probiotics for the treatment of depressive symptoms: an anti-inflammatory mechanism?

C Park, E Brietzke, JD Rosenblat, N Musial… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2018 - Elsevier
… have been shown to have effects on depressive symptoms. For example, some conventional
anti-inflammatories have been demonstrated to have antidepressant effects in humans. In a …

Major depressive disorder: probiotics may be an adjuvant therapy

AC Logan, M Katzman - Medical hypotheses, 2005 - Elsevier
… While there have been no published reports on the state of intestinal microflora in human
depression, there is some evidence from associated conditions where depressive symptoms

Effect of probiotic interventions on depressive symptoms: A narrative review evaluating systematic reviews

I Nadeem, MZ Rahman… - Psychiatry and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… , a definitive beneficial effect of probiotics on depressive symptoms cannot be concluded …
Probiotics do seem likely to produce therapeutic effects in individuals with depressive symptoms

Probiotic supplementation can positively affect anxiety and depressive symptoms: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

M Pirbaglou, J Katz, RJ de Souza, JC Stearns… - Nutrition research, 2016 - Elsevier
effects, the significance of these effects in humans, especially in relation to anxiety and
depression symptoms, are … on the impact of probiotic supplementation on anxiety and depression

Effect of probiotics on psychiatric symptoms and central nervous system functions in human health and disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

C Le Morvan de Sequeira, C Hengstberger, P Enck… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
… Overall, we found that probiotics have the potential to exert effects on CNS function in humans.
However, most probiotics did not affect mood, stress, anxiety, depression and psychiatric …