• Curr Neuropharmacol · Jan 2018

    The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis in Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Pathophysiological Mechanisms and Novel Treatments.

    • Yong-Ku Kim and Cheolmin Shin.
    • Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
    • Curr Neuropharmacol. 2018 Jan 1; 16 (5): 559-573.

    BackgroundThe human gut microbiome comprise a huge number of microorganisms with co-evolutionary associations with humans. It has been repeatedly revealed that bidirectional communication exists between the brain and the gut and involves neural, hormonal, and immunological pathways. Evidences from neuroscience researches over the past few years suggest that microbiota is essential for the development and maturation of brain systems that are associated to stress responses.MethodThis review provides that the summarization of the communication among microbiota, gut and brain and the results of preclinical and clinical studies on gut microbiota used in treatments for neuropsychiatric disorders.ResultRecent studies have reported that diverse forms of neuropsychiatric disorders (such as autism, depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia) are associated with or modulated by variations in the microbiome, by microbial substrates, and by exogenous prebiotics, antibiotics, and probiotics.ConclusionThe microbiota-gut-brain axis might provide novel targets for prevention and treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders. However, further studies are required to substantiate the clinical use of probiotics, prebiotics and FMT.Copyright© Bentham Science Publishers; For any queries, please email at epub@benthamscience.org.

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