Researchers:

John F. Cryan, Olivia O’Leary, Siobhain O’Mahony, Yvonne Nolan, Maria R. Aburto, Cian McCafferty, Lily Keane.

• Neurobiological basis of stress-related neuropsychiatric disorders including depression, anxiety and drug dependence.
• Understanding the interaction between brain and gut and how it applies to stress and im-mune-related disorders, including irritable bowel syndrome, obesity and sepsis.
• The impact of early life stress on the developing gastrointestinal microbiota.
• Applying novel approaches to facilitate drug/siRNA delivery to the brain in vivo.
• Investigating the interactions of neurons and networks underlying impaired behaviour in neuropsychiatric (anxiety, depression) and neurological (epilepsy) conditions.