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Investigating How Gut Bacteria Can Cause Stress – From Animal Models to Clinical Trials

18 January 2016

In this video, Dr Gerard Clarke of the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioural Science at University College Cork, describes how gut bacteria can affect brain and behavior. Dr Clarke aims to bridge the gap from bench to bedside and describes how a novel probiotic has shown beneficial effects in alleviating stress and anxiety, in both pre-clinical and clinical testing.