title: Mood by microbe: towards clinical translation.
abstract: There is a growing realization that the gut-brain axis plays a key role in maintaining brain health and the stress response. Recently, the gut microbiota has emerged as a master regulator of this axis. Thus, opportunities to exploit the microbiome to treat stress-related psychiatric disorders are materializing. Clinical validation of such strategies is now warranted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioural Science, University College Cork, Cork, T12 YN60, Ireland. t.dinan@ucc.ie.|APC Microbiome Institute, University College Cork, Cork, T12 YN60, Ireland. t.dinan@ucc.ie.
authors.forename: Timothy G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Dinan
authors.affiliation: APC Microbiome Institute, University College Cork, Cork, T12 YN60, Ireland. j.cryan@ucc.ie.|Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, University College Cork, Cork, T12 YN60, Ireland. j.cryan@ucc.ie.
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Cryan
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D003863:Depression; D000069196:Gastrointestinal Microbiome / Q000502:physiology; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000382:microbiology / Q000502:physiology; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D064307:Microbiota; D013312:Stress, Physiological; D013315:Stress, Psychological