Allen, A P
Hutch, W
Borre, Y E
Kennedy, P J
Temko, A
Boylan, G
Murphy, E
Cryan, J F
Dinan, T G
Clarke, G
Article History
Received: 11 April 2016
Revised: 4 July 2016
Accepted: 3 August 2016
First Online: 1 November 2016
Competing interests
: EM is Research Director at Alimentary Health. Alimentary Health provided the placebo and probiotic containing the <i>B. longum</i> 1714 strain. The APC Microbiome Institute has conducted studies in collaboration with several companies including Mead Johnson, Cremo, Suntory Wellness, Nutricia and 4D Pharma. The remaining authors declare no conflicts of interest.