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How Depression Is Linked to Intestinal Bacteria

Link between the gut and low mood found in study of mice.

Bacteria in the intestine can play an important role in causing anxiety and depression, new research concludes.It helps explain recent research suggesting probiotics can stop sad moods getting worse. Probiotics may work to help stabilise the bacteria in the gut. Another recent study also found probiotics may reduce anxiety. The new conclusions come from a study of mice which were exposed to stress early in life. Dr Premysl Bercik, one of the study’s authors, said:

“We have shown for the first time in an established mouse model of anxiety and depression that bacteria play a crucial role in inducing this abnormal behaviour. But it’s not only bacteria, it’s the altered bi-directional communication between the stressed host — mice subjected to early life stress — and its microbiota, that leads to anxiety and depression.”

In other words, anxiety and depression result from stress early in lifeplus microbial factors.Early life stress on its own was not enough to cause the mice to behave anxiously, the study found.Similarly, the bacteria in the gut on their own do not seem to cause depression and anxiety.

Dr Bercik explained how they reached this conclusion:

“….if we transfer the bacteria from stressed mice into non stressed germ-free mice, no abnormalities are observed.This suggests that in this model, both host and microbial factors are required for the development of anxiety and depression-like behavior. Neonatal stress leads to increased stress reactivity and gut dysfunction that changes the gut microbiota which, in turn, alters brain function.”

Naturally, as the study was carried out on mice, it will have to confirmed in humans.

Dr Bercik said:

“We are starting to explain the complex mechanisms of interaction and dynamics between the gut microbiota and its host. Our data show that relatively minor changes in microbiota profiles or its metabolic activity induced by neonatal stress can have profound effects on host behaviour in adulthood. It would be important to determine whether this also applies to humans. 

 For instance, whether we can detect abnormal microbiota profiles or different microbial metabolic activity in patients with primary psychiatric disorders, like anxiety and depression,”

The study was published in the journal Nature Communications (De Palma et al., 2015).

The Amount of Coffee That Protects Against Dementia Precursor

 

How coffee intake affects the chance of developing mild cognitive impairment.

More coffee, though, does not lead to a higher neuro-protective effect.Drinking one or two cups of coffee a day can protect the brain against a precursor to dementia, a new study finds.

In fact, the study found that people who increased their consumption by a cup or two had twice the risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

MCI is a common precursor to developing forms of dementia, like Alzheimer’s disease.

Symptoms of MCI include minor memory problems and slowed thinking and judgement.

The Italian study of 1,445 people also found that people not drinking coffee were at higher risk than those who drank moderate amounts.

The study’s authors write:

“These findings from the Italian Longitudinal Study on Aging suggested that cognitively normal older individuals who never or rarely consumed coffee and those who increased their coffee consumption habits had a higher risk of developing MCI.

Therefore, moderate and regular coffee consumption may have neuroprotective effects also against MCI confirming previous studies on the long-term protective effects of coffee, tea, or caffeine consumption and plasma levels of caffeine against cognitive decline and dementia,”

Participants in the study were aged 65 to 84-years-old.

They were followed up over an average of 3.5 years to see if they had developed any thinking problems.

The study was published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease (Solfrizzi et al., 2015).

Feeling Like An Expert Has An Ironic Effect On Your Actual Knowledge

 

Think you’re an expert on biology, literature, philosophy or anything else? Read on…

The more people think they know about a topic, the more likely they are to claim that totally made-up facts are true, psychologists have found.‘Know-it-alls’ don’t know as much as they think, new research finds.

In the study, 100 people were given a general knowledge quiz about personal finance.

They were also shown a list of financial terms which were mostly real.

Mostly. But not all.

In fact, three terms were made up: ‘pre-rated stocks’, ‘fixed-rate deduction’ and ‘annualized credit’.

People who thought they were financial experts were more likely to claim they knew all about these three totally bogus terms.

Ms Stav Atir, the study’s first author, explained:

“The more people believed they knew about finances in general, the more likely they were to overclaim knowledge of the fictitious financial terms.

The same pattern emerged for other domains, including biology, literature, philosophy, and geography.

For instance, people’s assessment of how much they know about a particular biological term will depend in part on how much they think they know about biology in general.”

Even after people were warned that some of the terms were made up, people who thought they were experts still over-estimated their knowledge.

For example:

• Geography ‘experts’ said they knew all about ‘Cashmere, Oregon’, despite the city being made up.
• Biology ‘experts’ claimed to know what ‘meta-toxins’ are and what ‘bio-sexual’ means, despite both terms having been invented for the research.

Ms Atir said a little knowledge really can be a dangerous thing:

“Our work suggests that the seemingly straightforward task of judging one’s knowledge may not be so simple, particularly for individuals who believe they have a relatively high level of knowledge to begin with.”

We await research showing that assuming you know nothing turns you into an expert.

The study was published in the journal Psychological Science (Atir et al., 2015).

The New Compounds That Could Treat Depression in 24-Hours

 
Current antidepressants take around 3 to 8 weeks to kick in and only help around 50% of people who are depressed.

Professor Scott Thompson, of the University of Maryland School of Medicine who led the research, said:A new type of antidepressant holds the promise of treating depression quickly, without too many side-effects.

“Our results open up a whole new class of potential antidepressant medications.

We have evidence that these compounds can relieve the devastating symptoms of depression in less than one day, and can do so in a way that limits some of the key disadvantages of current approaches.”

Currently used antidepressants, such as Prozac and Lexapro, target levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin.

Unfortunately they are only effective in around half of people with depression.

Even amongst people they do help, it can take three to eight weeks for the effects can be felt.

For patients who are suicidal, this period can be excruciating.

Also, many now believe that targeting serotonin is not effective.

The new compounds focus on another neurotransmitter with the acronym GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid), instead of serotonin.

GABA mainly reduces brain activity in certain key areas related to mood.

The new class of compounds dampen down these inhibitory signals.

Theoretically, the result should be to lift mood.

Professor Thompson explained that preliminary tests on animals have been encouraging:

“These compounds produced the most dramatic effects in animal studies that we could have hoped for.

It will now be tremendously exciting to find out whether they produce similar effects in depressed patients.

If these compounds can quickly provide relief of the symptoms of human depression, such as suicidal thinking, it could revolutionize the way patients are treated.”

The study found that the compounds only affected the brains of stressed rats and left unstressed rats unchanged.

This may mean that the side-effects of the treatment will be less severe than those seen for current antidepressants.

The study was published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology(Fischell et al., 2015).

The Good Habit Which Boosts Self-Control

This good habit can boost attention, decision-making and the ability to resist impulses.

Good sleep habits include going to bed at the same time every night, avoiding caffeine late in the day and allowing time to mentally wind-down before bedtime.Good sleep habits can boost attention, decision-making and the ability to resist impulses, a new review of the evidence finds.

Professor June Pilcher, who led the study, said:

“Self-control is part of daily decision-making.

When presented with conflicting desires and opportunities, self-control allows one to maintain control.

Our study explored how sleep habits and self-control are interwoven and how sleep habits and self-control may work together to affect a person’s daily functioning.”

Professor Pilcher explained the review’s conclusions:

“Poor sleep habits, which include inconsistent sleep times and not enough hours of sleep, can also lead to health problems, including weight gain, hypertension and illness, according to prior research.

Studies have also found that sleep deprivation decreases self-control but increases hostility in people, which can create problems in the workplace and at home.”

Since sleep and self-control are so intimately connected, improving sleep can help in many ways, Professor Pilcher said:

“Many aspects of our daily lives can be affected by better-managed sleep and self-control capacity.

Improved health and worker performance are two potential benefits, but societal issues such as addictions, excessive gambling and over spending could also be more controllable when sleep deficiencies aren’t interfering with one’s decision making.”

The study was published in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience(Pilcher et al., 2015).

Here’s Why People Are Getting Smarter (And Taller)

 
Data from 350,000 people in over 100 different studies shows people are getting smarter — and this is why…

People whose parents are genetically dissimilar are also more likely to be taller.The more genetically diverse your parents are, the more likely you are to think quickly, a new study finds.

The data comes from 350,000 people in over 100 different studies.

Researchers from the University of Edinburgh looked at similarities in the genetic code of people’s parents.

When parents share the same genetic code, this is a clue that they are (distantly) related.

Greater genetic differences, though, indicate that people’s parents are more likely to be unrelated.

Over time genetic diversity seems to be favouring people who are taller and think faster.

Dr Peter Joshi, of the University of Edinburgh’s Usher Institute, said:

“Our research answers questions first posed by Darwin as to the benefits of genetic diversity.

Our next step will be to hone in on the specific parts of the genome that most benefit from diversity.”

Dr Jim Wilson, at the same intitution, said: http://www.hotels-scanner.us

“This study highlights the power of large-scale genetic analyses to uncover fundamental information about our evolutionary history.”

The study is published in the journal Nature (Joshi et al., 2015).