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Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium species are known to produce GABA. Escherichia, Bacillus, and Saccharomyces produce norepinephrine. Candida, Streptococcus, Escherichia, and Enterococcus produce serotonin. Bacillusand Serratia produce dopamine, and Lactobacillus species produce acetylcholine. That's pretty much the entire hit parade of major neurotransmitters (there's histamine and glutamate and a few others - and histamine is known to be produced by some bacteria that infect shellfish, for example, causing food poisoning).
The most interesting case here is GABA, the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the nervous system (it chills things out)--and there are whopping amounts made by the bacteria in fermented foods, and is also found in yogurt and typical probiotic capsules. GABA also turns out to be anti-inflammatory in the gut itself, decreasing the release of inflammatory cytokines. Thus there is a plausible mechanism by which certain probiotics could decrease inflammation and aid symptoms of conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome, and, considering the vagus nerve and all it's tendrils in the gut, have direct communication via the neurotransmitter GABA to the brain.
The full article is here http://www.psycholog...oovy-probiotics and the author has a number of interesting articles on similar topics. She has a really interesting article on the role of the Vagus nerve in helping the gut communicate with the brain.
What's interesting to me is that Saccharomyces produces norepinephrine. This stuff makes is in novocaine and makes me feel really speedy and agitated. So my DDS now uses a novacaine without it and it's way better. Wondering if this is one reason Sacc B makes my DS angry and aggressive. There's apparently an "ideal" ratio between probiotics and our LLMD feels we may sometimes have too much Lacto and not enough Bifido. Doing a stool test right now to test for yeast and fungus and one question will be - are we using the right blend of probiotics to have balanced flora.
The most interesting case here is GABA, the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the nervous system (it chills things out)--and there are whopping amounts made by the bacteria in fermented foods, and is also found in yogurt and typical probiotic capsules. GABA also turns out to be anti-inflammatory in the gut itself, decreasing the release of inflammatory cytokines. Thus there is a plausible mechanism by which certain probiotics could decrease inflammation and aid symptoms of conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome, and, considering the vagus nerve and all it's tendrils in the gut, have direct communication via the neurotransmitter GABA to the brain.
The full article is here http://www.psycholog...oovy-probiotics and the author has a number of interesting articles on similar topics. She has a really interesting article on the role of the Vagus nerve in helping the gut communicate with the brain.
What's interesting to me is that Saccharomyces produces norepinephrine. This stuff makes is in novocaine and makes me feel really speedy and agitated. So my DDS now uses a novacaine without it and it's way better. Wondering if this is one reason Sacc B makes my DS angry and aggressive. There's apparently an "ideal" ratio between probiotics and our LLMD feels we may sometimes have too much Lacto and not enough Bifido. Doing a stool test right now to test for yeast and fungus and one question will be - are we using the right blend of probiotics to have balanced flora.
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