益生菌疗法——抑郁症患者的福音?

Probiotic therapy——the gospel of people with depression?

摘要:

近几年，肠道菌群与精神疾病，如孤独症谱系障碍、焦虑症、抑郁症等之间的关系越来越受到重视。本文主要介绍了肠道菌群调控精神行为的现有证据，并总结了益生菌对抑郁症干预作用的现有主要临床前及临床研究结果。虽然目前在这一领域取得了许多令人激动的进展，但仍需要更多深入的研究来促进我们理解肠道菌群与抑郁症二者之间的因果关联，并充分评估益生菌防治抑郁症的潜力。

Abstract:

In recent years, the relationship between gut flora and psychiatric disorders such as autism spectrum disorder, anxiety, depression, has gained increasing attention. This article mainly introduced the correlation between gut flora and depression, and the existing evidence that whether and how the probiotics might affect depression. Although exciting progress has been achieved in this area, further studies are still needed to promote our understanding about the causality between gut flora and depression, and to fully assess the potential of probiotics to prevent and treat depression.