Publication Date:
2012-01-25
Description:
We thank McLean and colleagues (1) for their comments on our recent study (2). They make two major points. First, they point out that there are differences between the functional effects obtained by them with their Bifidobacteria and those obtained by us with our Lactobacillus strain. To us, this is hardly surprising, and we categorically stated in the Discussion of our paper “Moreover, probiotic effects are strain dependent” (ref. 2, p. 16054). Indeed, it is perfectly conceivable and even likely in our opinion that the effects of probiotics on brain function can occur through different mechanisms, both humoral and neural....
Keywords:
Letters
Print ISSN:
0027-8424
Electronic ISSN:
1091-6490
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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