Grad Chat - Queen's School of Graduate Studies
Grad Chat - Queen's School of Graduate Studies
Bailey Brant, MS Candidate, Neuroscience, supervised by Dr Stephen Vanner & Dr Alan Lomax
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Topic: Diet, Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Pain

Overview:  My research looks at how a popular food additive, monosodium glutamate (MSG), can cause pain in a pre-clinical model of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). The goal is to provide a neuronal mechanism that underlies MSG’s ability to trigger pain in this patient group.