About the Authors

Declan P. McKernan

Affiliation Laboratory of Neurogastroenterology, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Aoife Nolan

Affiliation Laboratory of Neurogastroenterology, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Elizabeth K. Brint

Affiliations Laboratory of Neurogastroenterology, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Department of Pathology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Siobhain M. O'Mahony

Affiliations Laboratory of Neurogastroenterology, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Department of Anatomy, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Niall P. Hyland

Affiliations Laboratory of Neurogastroenterology, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

John F. Cryan

j.cryan@ucc.ie (JFC); t.dinan@ucc.ie (TGD)

Affiliations Laboratory of Neurogastroenterology, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, School of Pharmacy, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Timothy G. Dinan

j.cryan@ucc.ie (JFC); t.dinan@ucc.ie (TGD)

Affiliations Laboratory of Neurogastroenterology, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Department of Psychiatry, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Competing Interests

The laboratory receives funding from GlaxoSmithKline. None of the authors are employees of GlaxoSmithKline and no patents, products in development or modified products are used in these experiments. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all of the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EKB SMO NPH JC TD. Performed the experiments: DPM AN. Analyzed the data: DPM JC. Wrote the paper: DPM JC.