Brain balance depends on timing. A review published in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience highlights striatal PV interneurons as key regulators of striatal circuits, with evidence of dysfunction in #Huntingtonsdisease and #autism spectrum disorder. #Neuroscience #NeuralCircuits 📰 buff.ly/aDQATDZ

New APC paper in Nature Comms First author Cristina Cuesta-Marti and colleagues examine how eating unhealthy foods early in life leaves lasting brain and feeding changes but bacteria can help restore healthy eating. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #Microbiome #GutBrainAxis Tagging collaborators ⬇️

Huge congratulations to Robert Callaghan, PhD candidate at UCC, on winning the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Postgraduate Tutor and Demonstrator category! 🎉 #UCC #Pharmacology #TeachingExcellence #AcademicLife www.ucc.ie/en/pharmacol...

🎉 Congratulations to Professor Christian Waeber! Our Head of Department has been awarded the John Feely Medal by the Irish Association of Pharmacologists for his exceptional contributions to pharmacology research and education. #Pharmacology #ResearchExcellence #UCC www.ucc.ie/en/pharmacol...

Huge congratulations to Melanie Depret, PhD student at UCC, who won 3rd prize at the international “My Thesis in 180 Seconds” final in Bucharest! ✨ Melanie presented her research on how the gut microbiome influences social behaviour via the brain–gut connection. www.ucc.ie/en/pharmacol...

We’re so proud of Natalie O’Regan, who received an Outstanding Colleague Award at the UCC Staff Recognition Awards 2025! Nominated by Dr Roisín Kelly Laubscher and presented by Professor John O’Halloran, a truly well-deserved honour! 💛 #Pharmacology #StaffRecognition www.ucc.ie/en/pharmacol...