Psychobiotics: A novel class of psychotropic

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 720-726

  Dinan, Timothy G ^a   Stanton, Catherine ^a   Cryan, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Brain gut axis; depression; microbiota; probiotics; psychobiotics; stress

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CYTOKINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; PSYCHOBIOTIC; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANXIETY DISORDER; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM INFANTIS; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTESTINE FLORA; IRRITABLE COLON; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; VAGUS NERVE;

BRAIN-GUT AXIS; DEPRESSION; MICROBIOTA; PROBIOTICS; PSYCHOBIOTICS; STRESS;

ANIMALS; DEPRESSION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MICROBIOTA; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84886724158     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.05.001     Document Type: Review

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