title: An overview of the effect of probiotics and exercise on mood and associated health conditions.
abstract: The present paper provides a review of the current knowledge relating to the health benefits of probiotics, specially focused on the effects they may have together with physical exercise on mood disorders and related chronic medical conditions.With both these conditions being a substantial contributor to the global disease burden, any alternative therapy must be considered. Probiotics influence the gut microbiota through a complex network of events which can influence mechanisms leading to development of mood disorders such as depression and anxiety. Similarly, through a complex interaction between psychological and neurobiological mechanisms, exercise has been found to play a key role in mood enhancement.
authors.affiliation: a Abertay University, School of Social and Health Sciences , Dundee , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
authors.forename: Marie Clare
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.affiliation: b University of the West of Scotland , Hamilton , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
authors.forename: Julien S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D000069196:Gastrointestinal Microbiome / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D019936:Probiotics
keywords: Probiotics; chronic disease; exercise; gut microbiota; obesity