Episode 177: Chemical Conversations: Exploring the gut:brain link in bipolar treatments

In this episode of Microbe Talk, Clare talks to An Bui from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Alberta about their paper published in Microbiology, the first systematic review of the potential effects of psychotropics (the drugs used to treat bipolar disorder) on the gut microbiome of treated and untreated bipolar individuals. A full transcript of this episode is available on our website .

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Episode 177: Chemical Conversations: Exploring the gut:brain link in bipolar treatments is an episode from Microbe Talk by Microbiology Society.

This episode is 30:08 long.

This episode was published on Jul 28, 2025.

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