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	Podcast:		UC Science Today
	Episode:		How yogurt may affect your brain function
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:01:02
	Publish Date:		2016-01-25 00:00:00
	Description:		Researchers at UCLA conducted a proof-of-concept study to see if gut bacteria could affect brain function. Dr. Emeran Mayer says their 4-week study looked at healthy women who regularly ate probiotics in yogurt. "We saw an extensive network of brain regions that differed from the beginning of the study to the end of the study. This network included sensory regions, as well as pain modulatory regions. And what was most interesting is that the intervention showed a change in the connectivity of this network. So the individuals that consumed the probiotic mix had a decrease in this network, so they showed a decreased response to negative emotional recognition tests, as opposed to the control group that got non-fermented milk product that did not show change or the group that had no intervention at all, which should a slight increase during that time." These findings could have significant implications for future dietary or drug interventions to improve brain function.
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