Bifidobacterium breve and Enhanced Reward Responsiveness

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  • 2025-09-04
  • Review
  • Frontiers in nutrition 12
  • • Haitao Liu
    • Xiaoli Li
    • Ying Shi
    • Ke Hong
    • Xing Wang
    • Congfu Huang

  • PubMed: 40977983
  • DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2025.1644245

  3 Insights on

  • Enhanced Reward Responsiveness

  • Low evidence

  Bifidobacterium breve enhanced reward responsiveness in females (SMD = 0.61; 95% CI: 0.22, 1.00).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes