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Bifidobacterium longum 1714™ Strain Modulates Brain Activity of Healthy Volunteers During Social Stress
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OBJECTIVES: Accumulating evidence indicates that the gut microbiota communicates with the central nervous system, possibly through neural, endocrine, and immune pathways, and influences brain function. B. longum 1714™ has previously been shown to attenuate cortisol output and stress responses in healthy subjects exposed to an acute stressor. However, the ability of B. longum 1714™ to modulate brain function in humans is unclear. METHODS: In a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial, the effects of B. longum 1714™ on neural responses to social stress, induced by the "Cyberball game," a standardized social stress paradigm, were studied. Forty healthy volunteers received either B. longum 1714™ or placebo for 4 weeks at a dose of 1 × 10 cfu/d. Brain activity was measured using magnetoencephalography and health status using the 36-item short-form health survey. RESULTS: B. longum 1714™ altered resting-state neural oscillations, with an increase in theta band power in the frontal and cingulate cortex (P < 0.05) and a decrease in beta-3 band in the hippocampus, fusiform, and temporal cortex (P < 0.05), both of which were associated with subjective vitality changes. All groups showed increased social stress after a 4-week intervention without an effect at behavioral level due to small sample numbers. However, only B. longum 1714™ altered neural oscillation after social stress, with increased theta and alpha band power in the frontal and cingulate cortex (P < 0.05) and supramarginal gyrus (P < 0.05). DISCUSSION: B. longum 1714™ modulated resting neural activity that correlated with enhanced vitality and reduced mental fatigue. Furthermore, B. longum 1714™ modulated neural responses during social stress, which may be involved in the activation of brain coping centers to counter-regulate negative emotions.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Wang, H., Braun, C., Murphy, E. F., & Enck, P.
- Affiliations
- Universitätsklinikum Tübingen (DE)
- University of Trento (IT)
- Alimentary Health (Ireland) (IE)
- University of Tübingen (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Enck, Paul
- Venue
- American Journal of Gastroenterology
- Published
- 2019-04-17
- Volume
- 114
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 1152-1162
- ISSN
- 0002-9270 (ISSN-L)
- 1572-0241
- PMC
- PMC6615936
- OpenAlex
- W2942132156
- Cited by
- 159
- References
- 50
- Citations by year
- 2026: 18 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 23 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 26 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 9
- FWCI
- 14.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- The American Journal of Gastroenterology (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- University College Cork
- Alimentary Health
- APC Microbiome Institute
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Probiotics and Fermented Foods
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Gastroenterology › Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
- Keywords
- probiotics, social stress, gut-brain axis, theta power, beta power, alpha power, Cyberball game, subjective vitality, mental fatigue, cingulate cortex, hippocampus, magnetoencephalography
- MeSH terms
- Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Bifidobacterium longum, Analysis of Variance, Brain, Double-Blind Method, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Stress, Psychological, Statistics, Nonparametric, Probiotics, Young Adult, Healthy Volunteers
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