About the Authors

Paulina Calderón-Romero

Contributed equally to this work with: Paulina Calderón-Romero, Benjamin Valderrama

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center for Aging Research and Healthy Longevity, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile, Fondap Geroscience Centre for Brain Health and Metabolism, Santiago, Chile

Benjamin Valderrama

Contributed equally to this work with: Paulina Calderón-Romero, Benjamin Valderrama

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Fondap Geroscience Centre for Brain Health and Metabolism, Santiago, Chile, APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland,, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Thomaz F. S. Bastiaanssen

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland,, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam University Medical Centers Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Patricia Lillo

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Fondap Geroscience Centre for Brain Health and Metabolism, Santiago, Chile, Department of Neuroscience and South Neurologic Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Daniela Thumala-Dockendorff

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Fondap Geroscience Centre for Brain Health and Metabolism, Santiago, Chile, Psychology Department, Faculty of Social Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Gerard Clarke

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland,, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioural Science, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

John F. Cryan

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland,, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Andrea Slachevsky

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Fondap Geroscience Centre for Brain Health and Metabolism, Santiago, Chile, Neuropsychology and Clinical Neuroscience Laboratory (LANNEC), Interdisciplinary Nucleus for Physiology, Biophysics and Pathophysiology– Institute of Biomedical Science, Neuroscience and East Neuroscience Departments, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, Neurology and Psychiatry Department, Clínica Alemana-University Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile, Memory and Neuropsychiatric Center (CMYN), Memory Unit - Neurology Department, Hospital del Salvador and Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Christian González-Billault

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

* chrgonza@uchile.cl (CG-B); felipe.court@umayor.cl (FAC)

Affiliations Fondap Geroscience Centre for Brain Health and Metabolism, Santiago, Chile, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile, Department of Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile, Public Nutrition Unit, Institute for Nutrition and Food Technology, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile, Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, California, United States of America

Felipe A. Court

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

* chrgonza@uchile.cl (CG-B); felipe.court@umayor.cl (FAC)

Affiliations Center for Aging Research and Healthy Longevity, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile, Fondap Geroscience Centre for Brain Health and Metabolism, Santiago, Chile, Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, California, United States of America, Centro Científico y Tecnológico de Excelencia Ciencia & Vida, Fundación Ciencia & Vida, Santiago, Chile

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: J.F.C. has been an invited speaker at conferences organised by Mead Johnson, Alkermes, Janssen, Ordesa, Yakult, and has received research funding from Mead Johnson, Cremo Nutricia, Pharmavite, Dupont and 4D Pharma. G.C. has received honoraria from Janssen, Probi and Apsen as an invited speaker, is in receipt of research funding from Pharmavite, Reckitt, Tate and Lyle, Nestle Fonterra, and has received payments as a consultant from Yakult, Zentiva and Heel Pharmaceuticals. APC Microbiome Ireland has received research support from Mead Johnson, Cremo, 4D Pharma, Suntory Wellness and Nutricia. This support neither influenced nor constrained the content of this article.