Consumption of Fermented Milk Product With Probiotic Modulates Brain Activity

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“Alterations were observed in resting brain activity showing that ingestion of the fermented milk product was associated with changes in midbrain connectivity centered on the periaqueductal gray, along with other brain network regions including the prefrontal cortex (PFC), precuneus, basal ganglia, and the parahippocampal gyrus”

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“In healthy women, consumption of a fermented milk product supplemented with a probiotic modulated the activity in brain regions involved in cognitive performance during an emotional attention test (Tillisch et al., 2013).”

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“The initial study in this area demonstrated, in a sample of healthy women, that intake of a fermented milk product containing multiple probiotic strains could reduce the neural response to faces showing negative affect (fear or anger) (Tillisch et al., 2013).”

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“Specifically, brain reactivity was reduced across a distributed network of brain regions including the PFC and parahippocampal gyrus.”

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“probiotic therapy has been shown to modulate CNS function in healthy volunteers126 through effects on brain regions controlling processing of emotion and sensation.”

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“The ingestion of probiotics modulates the processing of information that is strongly linked to anxiety and depression, and influences the neuroendocrine stress response.”

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“More recently, a functional MRI investigation found that healthy subjects who received a fermented milk product with probiotics showed decreased BOLD activity to an emotional attention task using facial expressions in the insula and somatosensory regions (Tillisch et al. 2013).”

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“The study demonstrates that manipulations of the gut microbiota can result in measurable changes in emotional processing in the healthy brain.”

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“These results are also consistent with a recent fMRI study which reported that a 3-week probiotic administration reduced neural response in a network of areas (including the somatosensory cortex, insula and parahippocampal gyrus) to angry and fearful facial expressions (Tillisch et al. 2013).”

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“In a group of healthy women consuming a fermented milk product containing several probiotics, brain activity was found to be enhanced in specific regions associated with cognition (470).”

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“Use of the probiotic drink was associated with changes in midbrain connectivity and a reduced task-related response in brain regions that control central processing of emotion and visceral sensation.”

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“Fifth, it is well known that alteration of gut microbiota could interfere with behavior and mood in humans [80,81] ; on the other hand, psychiatric disorders such as anxiety and depression are highly present as co-morbidities in individuals with IBS [82] .”

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“in healthy subjects a non-fermented milk product contained Bifidobacterium animalis subsp Lactis, Streptococcus thermophiles, Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Lactococcus lactis subsp Lactis was able to affect activity of brain regions that control central processing of emotion and sensation [81]”

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“In another small-scale study in healthy female volunteers, consumption for 4 wk of a fermented milk product containing 5 probiotic strains (Bifidobacterium animalis subsp.lactis, Streptococcus thermophilus, two strains of Lactobacillus bulgaricus, and Lactococcus lactis subsp.lactis) altered the activity of extensive brain networks (i.e., primary interoceptive and somatosensory regions, a cluster”

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“Moreover, a recent study found that the ingestion of probiotics by healthy individuals, which theoretically target the gut microbiome, can alter the brain’s response to a task that requires emotional attention29”