Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Italy
History
The network was founded in 2016 by a group of researchers working between the disciplines of nutrition and mental health, many of whom have collaborated in EC-funded projects and have been active recently within ECNP. Our initial idea was directed towards a new level of understanding of the nutrition-brain axis by bridging diverse disciplines, focusing on disease areas for which eating behaviour and body weight disturbance are having a neurobiological origin. Recently, the network has contributed to a better understanding of the interaction between brain and body in mental health prevention/promotion.
Through the activities of our network, we have fostered new collaborations between researchers, clinicians and the food industry, and we are working towards better defining the science underpinning nutrition and brain health.
Core members
| Member name | Institution | City | Country |
| Roger Adan | University Medical Centre Utrecht | Utrecht | The Netherlands |
| Inmaculada Baeza | University of Barcelona | Barcelona | Spain |
| Eline van der Beek | Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences | Lutry | Switzerland |
| John Cryan | University College Cork | Cork | Republic of Ireland |
| Louise Dye | University of Leeds | Leeds | United Kingdom |
| Tony Goldstone | Imperial College London | London | United Kingdom |
| Philip Gorwood | Paris Descartes University - Sainte Anne Hospital | Paris | France |
| Jaanus Harro | University of Tartu | Tartu | Estonia |
| Johannes Hebebrand | University of Duisburg-Essen | Essen | Germany |
| Lora Heisler | University of Aberdeen | Aberdeen | United Kingdom |
| Suzanne Higgs | University of Birmingham | Birmingham | United Kingdom |
| Aniko Korosi | University of Amsterdam | Amsterdam | The Netherlands |
| Lars Libuda | University Hospital Essen | Essen | Germany |
| Soyoung Q Park | German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE) | Nuthetal | Germany |
| Jochen Seitz | RWTH Aachen University | Aachen | Germany |
| Sharmili Edwin Thanarajah | University Hospital Frankfurt | Frankfurt | Germany |
| Sandrine Thuret | Kings College London | London | United Kingdom |
| Odile Viltart | INSERM IPNP | Paris | France |
Shell members
| Member name | Institution | City | Country |
| José Manuel Fernández-Real | Biomedical Research Institute of Girona | Girona | Spain |
| Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann | RWTH Aachen University | Aachen | Germany |
| Silke Matura |
Goethe University Frankfurt |
Frankfurt |
Germany |
Emeritus members
| Member name | Institution | City | Country |
| Jan Buitelaar | Radboud University Nijmegen | Nijmegen | The Netherlands |
Early Career Academy member
| Member name | Institution | City | Country |
| Anna Krupa | Jagiellonian University Medical College Krakow | Krakow | Poland |
Publications
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2019Adan et al.
Nutritional psychiatry: towards improving mental health by what you eat
European Neuropsychopharmacology -
2022Mayneris-Perxachs et al.
Microbiota alterations in proline metabolism impact depression
Cell Metabolism -
2018Mulders et al.
Microbiota in obesity: interactions with enteroendocrine, immune and central nervous systems.
Obesity Reviews