Microbe Talk - Exploring the gut:brain link in bipolar treatments

Posted on July 28, 2025   by Microbiology Society

In this episode of Microbe Talk, Clare talks to An Bui from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Alberta about their paper published in Microbiology, the first systematic review of the potential effects of psychotropics (the drugs used to treat bipolar disorder) on the gut microbiome of treated and untreated bipolar individuals.

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Read the paper online.

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