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| Title |
Microbiome and mental health in the modern environment
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Physiological Anthropology, June 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s40101-016-0101-y |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Emily Deans |
| Abstract |
A revolution in the understanding of the pathophysiology of mental illness combined with new knowledge about host/microbiome interactions and psychoneuroimmunology has opened an entirely new field of study, the "psychobiotics". The modern microbiome is quite changed compared to our ancestral one due to diet, antibiotic exposure, and other environmental factors, and these differences may well impact our brain health. The sheer complexity and scope of how diet, probiotics, prebiotics, and intertwined environmental variables could influence mental health are profound obstacles to an organized and useful study of the microbiome and psychiatric disease. However, the potential for positive anti-inflammatory effects and symptom amelioration with perhaps few side effects makes the goal of clarifying the role of the microbiota in mental health a vital one. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 65 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 20 | 31% |
| Australia | 5 | 8% |
| Canada | 4 | 6% |
| Spain | 2 | 3% |
| New Zealand | 2 | 3% |
| South Africa | 1 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Mexico | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 29 | 45% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 47 | 72% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 8 | 12% |
| Scientists | 7 | 11% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 224 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 222 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 54 | 24% |
| Student > Master | 32 | 14% |
| Researcher | 24 | 11% |
| Other | 18 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 15 | 7% |
| Other | 31 | 14% |
| Unknown | 50 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 39 | 17% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 25 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 23 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 20 | 9% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 10 | 4% |
| Other | 45 | 20% |
| Unknown | 62 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 184. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 May 2022.
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