In a landmark human clinical trial, taking a probiotic combination for 12 weeks reversed some of the cognitive deficits associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
Probiotics have been linked to learning and memory previously, but only in mice.
In this study, conducted by researchers at Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, and Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, 52 women or men with Alzheimer’s disease who had fairly poor cognitive function were randomly assigned to