• Differential gene expression in the mesocorticolimbic system of innately high- and low-impulsive rats 

  Moloney, Gerard M.; van Oeffelen, Wesley E. P. A.; Ryan, Feargal J.; van de Wouw, Marcel; Cowan, Caitlin; Claesson, Marcus J.; Schellekens, Harriet; Dinan, Timothy G.; Cryan, John F. (Elsevier, 2019-02-06)

  Impulsivity is an important component of many psychiatric illnesses and has been associated with a number of psychiatric disorders such as bipolar disorder and attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Exploring ...
• Retention of microbiota diversity by lactose-free milk in a mouse model of elderly gut microbiota 

  Ntemiri, Alexandra; Ribière, Céline; Stanton, Catherine; Ross, R. Paul; O'Connor, Eibhlís M.; O'Toole, Paul W. (American Chemical Society, ACS, 2019-01-21)

  Prebiotics may improve aging-related dysbiosis. Milk is a source of nutrients including oligosaccharides whose prebiotic potential remains largely unexplored. We used a murine model to explore the effect of milk products ...
• Comparison of the salivary and dentinal microbiome of children with severe-early childhood caries to the salivary microbiome of caries-free children 

  Hurley, Eimear; Barrett, Maurice P. J.; Kinirons, Martin; Whelton, Helen; Ryan, C. Anthony; Stanton, Catherine; Harris, Hugh M. B.; O’Toole, Paul W. (BioMed Central, 2019)

  The main objectives of this study were to describe and compare the microbiota of 1) deep dentinal lesions of deciduous teeth of children affected with severe early childhood caries (S-ECC) and 2) the unstimulated saliva ...
• Short-term consumption of a high-fat diet increases host susceptibility to Listeria monocytogenes infection 

  Las Heras, Vanessa; Clooney, Adam G.; Ryan, Feargal J.; Cabrera-Rubio, Raul; Casey, Pat G.; Hueston, Cara M.; Pinheiro, Jorge; Rudkin, Justine K.; Melgar, Silvia; Cotter, Paul D.; Hill, Colin; Gahan, Cormac G. M. (BioMed Central, 2019)

  A westernized diet comprising a high caloric intake from animal fats is known to influence the development of pathological inflammatory conditions. However, there has been relatively little focus upon the implications of ...
• Candidate genes associated with the heritable humoral response to Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in dairy cows have factors in common with gastrointestinal diseases in humans 

  McGovern, S. P.; Purfield, D. C.; Ring, S. C.; Carthy, T. R.; Graham, D. A.; Berry, D. P. (Elsevier B.V., 2019-03-07)

  Infection of cattle with bovine paratuberculosis (i.e., Johne's disease) is caused by Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) and results in a chronic incurable gastroenteritis. This disease, which has economic ...

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