Spatiotemporal maps reveal regional differences in the effects on gut motility for <i>Lactobacillus reuteri</i> and <i>rhamnosus</i> strains

Abstract

The results show that probiotics and other beneficial bacteria have strain and region-specific actions on gut motility that can be successfully discriminated using spatiotemporal mapping of diameter changes. Effects are not necessarily the same in colon and jejunum. Further research is needed on the detailed effects of the strains on enteric neuron currents for each gut region.