Psychobiotics can feed gut-brain health axis: 'It’s really an exciting frontier,' says professor

9 Jun 2014

Dispatches from the IPA World Congress Athens Greece;

Psychobiotics can feed gut-brain health axis: 'It’s really an exciting frontier,' says professor

By Shane Starling,

Evidence is building that links the gut microbiome and brain function and ‘psychobitoics’ are at the heart of that, says a leading Irish researcher working in the field for more than five years.

"Its a really exciting frontier in medicine right now to try and understand the potential of how the gut microbiome can play a role in brain development and behavior and therefore we might be able to develop novel strategies targeting the gut microbiome, what we call psychiobiotics that may be useful in the treatment of certain mental disorders," says Professor Cryan.

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