About the Authors

Siobhan Yvonne Carroll

Affiliations Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Siobhain Mary O’Mahony

Affiliations Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Susan Grenham

Affiliations Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

John Francis Cryan

Affiliations Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Niall Patrick Hyland

n.hyland@ucc.ie

Affiliations Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NPH JFC. Performed the experiments: SYC SOM SG. Analyzed the data: SYC NPH SG. Wrote the manuscript: NPH JFC SOM SYC.