The Gut-Brain Axis: An Interview With Roger McIntyre, MD, FRCPC
In this interview, Roger McIntyre, MD, FRCPC, Professor of Psychiatry & Pharmacology at the University of Toronto, Head of the Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology Unit at University Health Network, and Executive Director of the Brain & Cognition Discovery Foundation, discusses mechanisms of mood disorders, such as major depression and bipolar, and recent findings regarding the role that inflammation and disturbances in metabolism may play in the symptomology experienced by patients with mood disorders.
Dr. McIntyre also discusses the bidirectional relationship between the …
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