Professor Cryan on National Public Radio's Science Friday

29 Aug 2014

Researchers have been studying the links between the microbiome and human health and disease. Could the bacteria in your gut influence your brain and behavior?

Microbiologist Sarkis Mazmanian and John Cryan, professor of anatomy and neuroscience at University College Cork, discuss how gut bacteria might send signals to your brain and what role the communication could play in anxiety, depression, and autism.

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