Brain Power

a healthy brain is about feeling good

Will it make me put on weight?

letting you get on

glass of red wine in the company

of me not to point out that many people do

both now and as you age

both now and as you age,

However, the picture is complicated by evidence suggesting that activity of antibiotics on the microbiome might also help people with persistent negative symptoms of schizophrenia or those with depression who are resistant to standard treatments. So the role of antibiotics on the microbiome – in both the treatment and prevention of disease – is likely to become a hot topic in the years to come.

they developed symptoms similar to those seen in humans – including depression, anxiety, anorexia and alcoholism. Of course, these symptoms aren’t exactly the same as in people, but are a proxy – for instance, mice displaying anxiety will spend less time in the middle of an open field, preferring to stick to the edges.

or keeping our wits about us in the long term.