47.2 early-life prebiotics, probiotics, and a stress robust phenotype

Commensal gut bacteria and their metabolites can affect host physiology and complex brain function. There is a growing interest in discovering ways to optimize health-promoting microbial ecology and metabolic signatures. Prebiotics are substrates that are used selectively by host microorganisms conferring health benefits. Galacto-oligosaccharide (GOS) and polydextrose (PDX) are US FDA-approved prebiotics that produce favorable changes in the gut microbiome/metabolome and promote a stress-robust phenotype.

Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - September 30, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Monika Fleshner, Robert S. Thompson, Fernando Vargas, Antonio Gonz ález, Martha Vitaterna, Fred W. Turek, Christopher A. Lowry, Pieter C. Dorrestein, Rob Knight, Kenneth P. Wright Source Type: research