Probiotic Mixture Containing Lactobacillus helveticus, Bifidobacterium longum and Lactiplantibacillus plantarum Affects Brain Responses to an Arithmetic Stress Task in Healthy Subjects: A Randomised Clinical Trial and Proof-of-Concept Study

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 14; no. 7; p. 1329
• Main Authors: Edebol Carlman, Hanna M. T., Rode, Julia, König, Julia, Repsilber, Dirk, Hutchinson, Ashley N., Thunberg, Per, Persson, Jonas, Kiselev, Andrey, Pruessner, Jens C., Brummer, Robert J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 22.03.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: autonomic nervous system; Bacteria; Bifidobacterium longum; Brain; Brain - diagnostic imaging; brain activity; Clinical trials; Cognition & reasoning; Cognitive ability; Double-Blind Method; Female; functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); gut microbiota; Gut-brain axis; Healthy Volunteers; Hormones; Humans; Intervention; Investigations; Lactobacillus helveticus; Male; Microbiota; Montreal Imaging Stress Task (MIST); Nervous system; Probiotics; Stress response; Italy; functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); autonomic nervous system; brain activity; Montreal Imaging Stress Task (MIST); gut microbiota; gut-brain axis

Probiotics are suggested to impact physiological and psychological stress responses by acting on the gut-brain axis. We investigated if a probiotic product containing Bifidobacterium longum R0175, Lactobacillus helveticus R0052 and Lactiplantibacillus plantarum R1012 affected stress processing in a...