date:Jun 20, 2019
g on the participants, finding that those taking the probiotic experienced changes in the areas of the brain associated with mood. They concluded that the probiotic they used, bifidobacterium longum, reduced depressions scores and that the brain activation patterns observed suggested that the probiotic could reduce limbic reactivity (the limbic system of the brain largely governs emotion and the fight/flight response).
Research is lacking but probiotics seem safe as supplemental treatment
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