The Gut-Brain Axis: Dietary, Probiotic, and Prebiotic Interventions on the Microbiota examines the potential for microbial manipulation as a therapeutic avenue in central nervous system disorders in which an altered microbiota has been implicated, and explores the mechanisms, sometimes common, by which the microbiota may contribute to such disorders.

Includes index.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1. Regulatory considerations for the use and marketing of probiotics and functional foods -- chapter 2. Targeting the microbiota : considerations for developing probiotics as functional foods -- chapter 3. Perspectives on microbiome manipulation in people of developing countries -- chapter 4. Value of microbial genome sequencing for probiotic strain identification and characterization : promises and pitfalls -- chapter 5. Probiotics as curators of a healthy gut microbiota : delivering the solution -- chapter 6. Microbial endocrinology : context and considerations for probiotic selection -- chapter 7. Germ-free animals : a key tool in unraveling how the microbiota affects the brain and behavior -- chapter 8. Global and epidemiological perspectives on diet and mood -- chapter 9. Importance of the microbiota in early life and influence on future health -- chapter 10. The microbiome in aging : impact on health and wellbeing -- chapter 11. Long-term implications of antibiotic use on gut health and microbiota in populations including patients with cystic fibrosis -- chapter 12. Correlating the gut microbiome to health and disease -- chapter 13. The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and gut microbiota : a target for dietary intervention? -- chapter 14. A role for the microbiota in neurodevelopmental disorders -- chapter 15. Altering the gut microbiome for cognitive benefit? -- chapter 16. The influence of diet and the gut microbiota in schizophrenia -- chapter 17. Alcohol-dependence and the microbiota-gut-brain axis -- chapter 18. Gut microbiota and metabolism -- chapter 19. Influence of the microbiota on the development and function of the "second brain" -- the enteric nervous system -- chapter 20. Dietary interventions and irritable bowel syndrome -- chapter 21. The role of the microbiota and potential for dietary intervention in chronic fatigue syndrome -- chapter 22. Translating microbiome science to society -- what's next?

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