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Timothy G. Dinan

Timothy G. Dinan

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Medicine
Ireland
2026

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Medicine

D-Index
154
Citations
114273
World Ranking
988
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Ireland Leader Award

Overview

Timothy G. Dinan is affiliated with University College Cork in Ireland and has made significant contributions to the fields of neuroscience, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and medicine. Their research encompasses various subfields, including molecular biology, biological psychiatry, physiology, behavioral neuroscience, and social psychology.

The research topics covered in Dinan's work reflect a focus on the intersection of the microbiota and brain health. Key topics include:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Stress responses and cortisol
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment

Among the recent publications connected to Dinan, several are notable for their impact and topics related to brain disorders, nutrition, and psychiatric conditions:

  • Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia, 2022, Nature
  • Diet and the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis: Sowing the Seeds of Good Mental Health, 2020, Advances in Nutrition
  • Probiotics and the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis: Focus on Psychiatry, 2020, Current Nutrition Reports
  • Microbiota from young mice counteracts selective age-associated behavioral deficits, 2021, Nature Aging
  • A Comparison of Ten Polygenic Score Methods for Psychiatric Disorders Applied Across Multiple Cohorts, 2021, Biological Psychiatry

Their frequent co-authors include several researchers with whom they have collaborated multiple times, reflecting a network of scientific exchange primarily in microbiota and psychiatry-related fields:

  • John F. Cryan
  • Gerard Clarke
  • Thomaz F. S. Bastiaanssen
  • Catherine Stanton
  • Gerard M. Moloney

The primary venues publishing their work indicate a focus on neuroscience, immunology, psychiatry, and biomedical topics, with repeated contributions to these journals:

  • Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • EBioMedicine
  • Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health

Best Publications

  • Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci

    Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Aiden Corvin;James T. R. Walters

  • Mind-altering microorganisms: the impact of the gut microbiota on brain and behaviour

    John F. Cryan;Timothy G. Dinan

  • The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis

    John F Cryan;Kenneth J O'Riordan;Caitlin S M Cowan;Kiran V Sandhu

  • Ingestion of Lactobacillus strain regulates emotional behavior and central GABA receptor expression in a mouse via the vagus nerve.

    Javier A. Bravo;Paul Forsythe;Marianne V. Chew;Emily Escaravage

  • Serotonin, tryptophan metabolism and the brain-gut-microbiome axis.

    S.M. O’Mahony;G. Clarke;Y.E. Borre;T.G. Dinan

  • The microbiome-gut-brain axis during early life regulates the hippocampal serotonergic system in a sex-dependent manner

    G Clarke;S Grenham;P Scully;P Fitzgerald

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Composition, variability, and temporal stability of the intestinal microbiota of the elderly

    Marcus J. Claesson;Siobhán Cusack;Orla O'Sullivan;Rachel Greene-Diniz

  • Transferring the blues: Depression-associated gut microbiota induces neurobehavioural changes in the rat.

    John R Kelly;Yuliya Borre;Ciaran O' Brien;Ciaran O' Brien;Elaine Patterson;Elaine Patterson

  • Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores

    Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson;Jian Yang;Hilary K. Finucane;Alexander Gusev

  • Minireview: Gut Microbiota: The Neglected Endocrine Organ

    Gerard Clarke;Roman M. Stilling;Paul J. Kennedy;Catherine Stanton;Catherine Stanton

  • Psychobiotics: a novel class of psychotropic.

    Timothy G. Dinan;Catherine Stanton;John F. Cryan

  • Early life stress alters behavior, immunity, and microbiota in rats: implications for irritable bowel syndrome and psychiatric illnesses.

    Siobhain M. O'Mahony;Julian R. Marchesi;Julian R. Marchesi;Paul Scully;Caroline Codling

  • Microbiota and neurodevelopmental windows: implications for brain disorders

    Yuliya E. Borre;Gerard W. O’Keeffe;Gerard Clarke;Catherine Stanton

  • Effects of the probiotic Bifidobacterium infantis in the maternal separation model of depression.

    L. Desbonnet;L. Garrett;G. Clarke;B. Kiely

  • Breaking down the barriers: the gut microbiome, intestinal permeability and stress-related psychiatric disorders

    John R. Kelly;Paul J. Kennedy;John F. Cryan;Timothy G. Dinan

  • Brain–Gut–Microbe Communication in Health and Disease

    Sue Grenham;Gerard Clarke;John F. Cryan;Timothy G. Dinan

  • The probiotic Bifidobacteria infantis: an assessment of potential antidepressant properties in the rat

    Lieve Desbonnet;Lillian Garrett;Gerard Clarke;John Bienenstock

  • Psychobiotics and the Manipulation of Bacteria-Gut-Brain Signals.

    Amar Sarkar;Soili M. Lehto;Siobhán Harty;Timothy G. Dinan

  • The Microbiome-Gut-Brain Axis in Health and Disease.

    Timothy G. Dinan;John F. Cryan

Frequent Co-Authors

John F. Cryan
John F. Cryan University College Cork
Gerard Clarke
Gerard Clarke University College Cork
Catherine Stanton
Catherine Stanton Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Eamonn Martin Quigley
Eamonn Martin Quigley Cornell University
Fergus Shanahan
Fergus Shanahan National University of Ireland
R. Paul Ross
R. Paul Ross University College Cork
Gary Donohoe
Gary Donohoe University of Galway
Derek W. Morris
Derek W. Morris University of Galway
John L. Waddington
John L. Waddington Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Tune H. Pers
Tune H. Pers University of Copenhagen

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