Gut feeling: Randomized controlled trials of probiotics for the treatment of clinical depression: Systematic review and meta-analysis

V Nikolova, SY Zaidi, AH Young… - Therapeutic …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Recently the gut microbiota has attracted significant interest in psychiatric
research due to the observed bidirectional gut–brain communication. A growing body of …

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

I Nadeem, MZ Rahman… - Psychiatry and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

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
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 …

[HTML][HTML] The efficacy, safety, and tolerability of probiotics on depression: clinical results from an open-label pilot study

CJK Wallace, RV Milev - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: A growing body of research has shown that consumption of probiotics can
improve symptoms associated with mood and anxiety disorders through activity of the gut …

[HTML][HTML] Updated review and meta-analysis of probiotics for the treatment of clinical depression: adjunctive vs. stand-alone treatment

VL Nikolova, AJ Cleare, AH Young… - Journal of clinical medicine, 2021 - mdpi.com
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 …

Prebiotics and probiotics for depression and anxiety: A systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials

RT Liu, RFL Walsh, AE Sheehan - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
With growing interest in the gut microbiome, prebiotics and probiotics have received
considerable attention as potential treatments for depression and anxiety. We conducted a …

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
Introduction Some preclinical and clinical studies have demonstrated the positive impact of
probiotic supplementation on depressive symptoms. This paper aims to provide an updated …

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

CJK Wallace, R Milev - Annals of general psychiatry, 2017 - Springer
Background Patients suffering from depression experience significant mood, anxiety, and
cognitive symptoms. Currently, most antidepressants work by altering neurotransmitter …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of prebiotics, probiotics, synbiotics on depression: results from a meta-analysis

Q Zhang, B Chen, J Zhang, J Dong, J Ma, Y Zhang… - BMC psychiatry, 2023 - Springer
Accumulating studies have shown the effects of gut microbiota management tools in
improving depression. We conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the effects of prebiotics …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of probiotics on depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

R Huang, K Wang, J Hu - Nutrients, 2016 - mdpi.com
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 …