The role of microbiota and inflammation in self-judgement and empathy: implications for understanding the brain-gut-microbiome axis in depression

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

(2018) Qin Xiang Ng et al.   JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS

Interleukin, tumor necrosis factor-α and C-reactive protein profiles in melancholic and non-melancholic depression: A systematic review

(2018) Chenghao Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH

Brain Structural and Functional Substrates of Personal Distress in Empathy

(2018) Siyang Luo et al.   Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Probiotic Bifidobacterium longum NCC3001 Reduces Depression Scores and Alters Brain Activity: A Pilot Study in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome

(2017) Maria Ines Pinto-Sanchez et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Corrigendum to “Behavioural and neurochemical consequences of chronic gut microbiota depletion during adulthood in the rat” [Neuroscience 339 (2016) 463–477]

(2017) A.E. Hoban et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Brain Structure and Response to Emotional Stimuli as Related to Gut Microbial Profiles in Healthy Women

(2017) Kirsten Tillisch et al.   PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE

Brain-Gut-Microbiota Axis and Mental Health

(2017) Timothy G. Dinan et al.   PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE

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

(2017) Caroline J. K. Wallace et al.   Annals of General Psychiatry

Alteration of behavior and monoamine levels attributable to Lactobacillus plantarum PS128 in germ-free mice

(2016) Wei-Hsien Liu et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Amygdala response to self-critical stimuli and symptom improvement in psychotherapy for depression

(2016) Nadja Doerig et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

Possible association of Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus in the gut microbiota of patients with major depressive disorder

(2016) Emiko Aizawa et al.   JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy reveals oral Lactobacillus promotion of increases in brain GABA, N-acetyl aspartate and glutamate

(2016) Rafal Janik et al.   NEUROIMAGE

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

(2016) Meysam Pirbaglou et al.   NUTRITION RESEARCH

Prebiotic Potential of a Maize-Based Soluble Fibre and Impact of Dose on the Human Gut Microbiota

(2016) Adele Costabile et al.   PLoS One

Effect of Probiotics on Central Nervous System Functions in Animals and Humans: A Systematic Review

(2016) Huiying Wang et al.   Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Bifidobacterium longum 1714 as a translational psychobiotic: modulation of stress, electrophysiology and neurocognition in healthy volunteers

(2016) A P Allen et al.   Translational Psychiatry

Inflammation: Depression Fans the Flames and Feasts on the Heat

(2015) Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

A randomized controlled trial to test the effect of multispecies probiotics on cognitive reactivity to sad mood

(2015) Laura Steenbergen et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY

Inflammation impairs social cognitive processing: A randomized controlled trial of endotoxin

(2015) Mona Moieni et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY

Modulation of Gut Microbiota–Brain Axis by Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Diet

(2015) Xiaofei Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Administration of Lactobacillus helveticus NS8 improves behavioral, cognitive, and biochemical aberrations caused by chronic restraint stress

(2015) S. Liang et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

The “psychomicrobiotic”: Targeting microbiota in major psychiatric disorders: A systematic review

(2015) G. Fond et al.   PATHOLOGIE BIOLOGIE

Role of Probiotics and Functional Foods in Health: Gut Immune Stimulation by Two Probiotic Strains and a Potential Probiotic Yoghurt

(2015) Carolina Maldonado Galdeano et al.   Endocrine Metabolic & Immune Disorders-Drug Targets

16S rRNA gene-based profiling of the human infant gut microbiota is strongly influenced by sample processing and PCR primer choice

(2015) Alan W. Walker et al.   Microbiome

Exposure to a social stressor disrupts the community structure of the colonic mucosa-associated microbiota

(2014) Jeffrey D Galley et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Bifidobacteriaexert strain-specific effects on stress-related behavior and physiology in BALB/c mice

(2014) H. M. Savignac et al.   NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY AND MOTILITY

Pharmacological approaches to manage persistent symptoms of major depressive disorder: rationale and therapeutic strategies

(2014) Irvin Epstein et al.   PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH

Prebiotic intake reduces the waking cortisol response and alters emotional bias in healthy volunteers

(2014) Kristin Schmidt et al.   PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Consumption of Fermented Milk Product With Probiotic Modulates Brain Activity

(2013) Kirsten Tillisch et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Empathy in adults with clinical or subclinical depressive symptoms

(2013) S. Schreiter et al.   JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS

Visceral Influences on Brain and Behavior

(2013) Hugo D. Critchley et al.   NEURON

Improved Detection of Bifidobacteria with Optimised 16S rRNA-Gene Based Pyrosequencing

(2012) Kathleen Sim et al.   PLoS One

Ingestion of Lactobacillus strain regulates emotional behavior and central GABA receptor expression in a mouse via the vagus nerve

(2011) J. A. Bravo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Localization of Dysfunction in Major Depressive Disorder: Prefrontal Cortex and Amygdala

(2010) Elisabeth A. Murray et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Having a word with yourself: Neural correlates of self-criticism and self-reassurance

(2009) Olivia Longe et al.   NEUROIMAGE

Empathy and social functioning in late adulthood

(2008) Phoebe E. Bailey et al.   AGING & MENTAL HEALTH