Gareau M G, Jury J, MacQueen G, et al. Probiotic treatment of rat pups normalises corticosterone release and ameliorates colonic dysfunction induced by maternal separation (Gut 2007;56:1522–8). Due to an error in the production of this article, figures 1, 2, 3 and 5 were printed incorrectly. A corrected version of the complete article can be viewed online by going to the Gut website (http://gut.bmj.com/content/vol57/issue4).