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State-of-mind or state-of-gut?

19 Mar 2015

"Your state of mind might be dependent on your state of gut," says Professor John Cryan in a new TEDMED video, ahead of a Twitter Q&A later this evening (19 March 2015).

Professor Cryan is Chair of the Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience and Principal Investigator in the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Center (APC) at UCC.

His talk, 'Food for thought: How gut microbes change your mind', is now hosted on the prestigious TEDMED channel.

In the video, Professor Cryan shares surprising and perhaps weird facts and insights about where some of our thoughts and emotions actually come from. He will also take part in a live Twitter Q&A today (Thursday 19 March 2015) at 6.30pm GMT as part of international Brain Awareness Week. Follow and  for more details.

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The research has far-reaching public health implications, from how we view Caesarean sections, to the manner in which the microbiome influences brain development, to the impact of probiotics on mood. His work shows that the term "gut feeling" might actually make neurobiological sense.

Professor Cryan's talk was placed in the "Weird and Wonderful" session of TEDMED which discusses science and health trends that came out of left field, defied expectations or simply seem completely off the wall (in a good way).

Recent international coverage of his work includes:

 Radiolab, Robert Krulwich, WNYC, Season 10, Episode 7.

 Science Friday, Ira Flatow, WNYC, Aug. 27, 2014

Science Friday, Ira Flatow, WNYC, Sept. 02, 2011.

 Hughes, V. Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative. Nov 18 2014.

 Schmidt, C. Scientific American. February 2015.

 Khazan, O. The Atlantic. Sept 23 2014.

Zimmer, C. New York Times. Aug 14 2014.

 Lawson, C. WIRED Health. Mar. 9 2015.

Swain, F. BBC Future. Feb. 21, 2014.

 Schmidt, C. Nature. Feb. 26, 2015.

 Reardon, S. Nature. Nov. 12, 2014.

 Stilling, R, SR Bordenstein, et al. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. Oct 2014.

 Cryan JF, TG Dinan. Nat Rev Neurosci. Oct 2012. 13, 701鈥�12.

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