Thinking from the Gut – APC's Psychobiotics Research in the News
"The microbiome may yield a new class of psychobiotics for the treatment of anxiety, depression and other mood disorders', Charles Schmidt, science writer, discusses John Cryan's work in this recent Nature Innovations article.
'Microbes may have their own evolutionary reasons for communicating with the brain. They need us to be social, says John Cryan, a neuroscientist at University College Cork in Ireland, so that they can spread through the human population. Cryan's research shows that when bred in sterile conditions, germ-free mice lacking in intestinal microbes also lack an ability to recognize other mice with whom they interact'.
Link to Nature Innovations article here: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v518/n7540_supp/full/518S13a.html
A special issue of Scientific American on 'Innovations In the Microbiome' also included discussion of APC research.
Link to Scientific American article here: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mental-health-may-depend-on-creatures-in-the-gut/
John Cryan's research revealing the surprising link between microbes and mind also made the front cover and inside of a recent issue of BBC Focus. BBC Focus is a British monthly magazine about science and technology that covers all aspects of science and technology and is written for general readers as well as people with a knowledge of science.
Link to BBC FOCUS article: http://www.sciencefocus.com/issue/how-bacteria-change-your-mood
6 March 2015
