The notion that the state of our gut governs our state of mind dates back more than 100 years. The emerging concept of the gut microbiome as a key regulator of brain and behavior opens up a new horizon in neuroscience. Precise targeting of the microbiome-gut-brain axis with psychobiotics is a novel

Prof. Simon Carding, Leader of the Gut Health and Food Safety Research Programme, Institute of Food Research and Norwich Medical School at the University of East Anglia, describes our current understanding of the human gut and its relationship with its human host and introduce the provocative propos...