ProbioticLactobacillus caseistrain Shirota relieves stress-associated symptoms by modulating the gut-brain interaction in human and animal models

Daily Probiotic’s (Lactobacillus caseiShirota) Reduction of Infection Incidence in Athletes

(2016) Michael Gleeson et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORT NUTRITION AND EXERCISE METABOLISM

Effects of chronic academic stress on mental state and expression ofglucocorticoid receptor αand β isoforms in healthy Japanese medical students

(2016) Ken Kurokawa et al.   STRESS-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON THE BIOLOGY OF STRESS

Bifidobacterium bifidum R0071 results in a greater proportion of healthy days and a lower percentage of academically stressed students reporting a day of cold/flu: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

(2015) Bobbi Langkamp-Henken et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Are Students’ Symptoms and Health Complaints Associated with Perceived Stress at University? Perspectives from the United Kingdom and Egypt

(2014) Walid Ansari et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Injection ofLactobacillus caseistrain Shirota affects autonomic nerve activities in a tissue-specific manner, and regulates glucose and lipid metabolism in rats

(2013) Mamoru Tanida et al.   Journal of Diabetes Investigation

Gastric vagal afferent modulation by leptin is influenced by food intake status

(2012) Stephen J. Kentish et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

The interplay between the intestinal microbiota and the brain

(2012) Stephen M. Collins et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The projection and synaptic organisation of NTS afferent connections with presympathetic neurons, GABA and nNOS neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus

(2012) V.S. Affleck et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

MicroRNAs miR-144/144* and miR-16 in peripheral blood are potential biomarkers for naturalistic stress in healthy Japanese medical students

(2012) Sakurako Katsuura et al.   NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS

Acute psychosocial stress: Does the emotional stress response correspond with physiological responses?

(2012) Jana Campbell et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Galactooligosaccharide supplementation reduces stress-induced gastrointestinal dysfunction and days of cold or flu: a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial in healthy university students

(2011) Christine Hughes et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

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

Assessment of psychotropic-like properties of a probiotic formulation ( Lactobacillus helveticus R0052 and Bifidobacterium longum R0175) in rats and human subjects

(2010) Michaël Messaoudi et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Effects of the probiotic Bifidobacterium infantis in the maternal separation model of depression

(2010) L. Desbonnet et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

The Relationship Between Intestinal Microbiota and the Central Nervous System in Normal Gastrointestinal Function and Disease

(2009) Stephen M. Collins et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Principles and clinical implications of the brain–gut–enteric microbiota axis

(2009) Sang H. Rhee et al.   Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study of a probiotic in emotional symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome

(2009) A Venket Rao et al.   Gut Pathogens

Proximal colon distension induces Fos expression in oxytocin-, vasopressin-, CRF- and catecholamines-containing neurons in rat brain

(2008) Lixin Wang et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

High-fat diet-induced obesity is attenuated by probiotic strain Lactobacillus paracasei ST11 (NCC2461) in rats

(2008) Mamoru Tanida et al.   Obesity Research & Clinical Practice