Psychiatric Times November 30, 2023
The results suggest that the bacterium Lactobacillus may aid in the management of stress and in the prevention of these disorders.
Research from the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine identified a potential connection between the gut bacterium, Lactobacillus, and the management of stress, potentially impacting depression and anxiety.
The study—led by Alban Gaultier, PhD, of the UVA Department of Neuroscience, the Center for Brain Immunology and Glia (BIG Center), and the TransUniversity Microbiome Initiative—aimed to understand how this specific bacterium influences mood disorders by interacting with the immune system.1
“We were aware from our prior research that Lactobacillus was beneficial in improving mood disorders and was lost following psychological stress,” Gaultier said in a news release, “but the...
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