Dietary magnesium deficiency alters gut microbiota and leads to depressive-like behaviour.

CONCLUSION: In conclusion, we hypothesise that imbalances of the microbiota-gut-brain axis induced by consuming a MgD diet, contributes to the development of depressive-like behaviour. PMID: 25690713 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25690713?dopt=Abstract

Source: Acta Neuropsychiatrica - February 21, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Acta Neuropsychiatr Source Type: research