Prof Cryan Chairs Hosts Expert Breakfast Session at society For Neuroscience Meeting in Chicago

16 Oct 2015

As Chair of the Expert Session John Cryan's discussed the importance of the microbiome at key neurodevelopmental windows and in old age in maintaining brain function. The Microbiome: A Key Regulator of Brain and Behavior.

Over the past five years substantial advances have been made in linking alterations in microbiota to brain development and even behavior, and the concept of a microbiota-gut-brain axis has emerged.  Prof Cryan outlined the different approaches that are being used to advance the field and the emerging knowledge gaps, placing a focus on ways to harness the information emerging from animal studies for therapeutic benefit in stress-related, metabolic, and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Neuroscience 2015 is the Society for Neuroscience's 45th annual meeting and is the premier venue for neuroscientists to present emerging science. It took place on October 17-21st 2015 at McCormick Place in Chicago with more than 30,000 scientists from more than 80 countries meeting at the world’s largest marketplace of ideas and tools for global neuroscience.

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