Bifidobacterium bifidum VPro 51 and Reduced Depression Symptoms

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

  • 2016-09
  • Observational · n = 100
  • Journal of Affective Disorders 202
  • • E. Aizawa
    • H. Tsuji
    • T. Asahara
    • Takuya Takahashi
    • T. Teraishi
    • S. Yoshida
    • M. Ota
    • Norie Koga
    • K. Hattori
    • H. Kunugi

  • PubMed: 27288567
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.05.038

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  • Reduced Depression Symptoms

  • High evidence
  • Highly Cited

  Our results provide direct evidence, for the first time, that individuals with lower Bifidobacterium and/or Lactobacillus counts are more common in patients with MDD compared to controls.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes