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Scientists reveal gut microbes' hidden role in anxiety: Could probiotics be the next mental health breakthrough?

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Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and the National Neuroscience Institute have discovered a crucial connection between gut microbes and anxiety-related behaviour.

Their research suggests that microbial metabolites- specifically indoles- play a direct role in regulating brain activity linked to anxiety.

This finding opens up exciting possibilities for new probiotic-based therapies to improve mental health.

The team now hopes to explore clinical trials to determine whether indole-based probiotics or supplements can be effectively used in humans as a natural anxiety treatment.

If successful, this could mark the beginning of a new era in mental health care -- one where gut microbes help keep our minds at ease.

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