A leading gut-health researcher explains how your gastrointestinal microbiome communicates with your brain. “There’s a connection from the enteric nervous system in the gut to the central nervous ...

The Food Allergy Science Initiative, Inc. (FASI)—In a groundbreaking study [1] published in Science, researchers from the ...

Duke researchers have developed a system that allows real-time optical and electrical observations of the gut's nervous system in a live animal. And if you weren't aware that the gut had its own ...

The enteric nervous system (ENS) provides local control of the gastrointestinal tract and is necessary for the elegant coordination of the functions of the multiple cellular components that make up ...

Enteric glial cells (EGCs) are now recognised as pivotal players in maintaining gastrointestinal homeostasis. Once regarded merely as supportive neural elements, emerging evidence reveals that these ...

A recent Nutrients study investigates the effects of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) microplastics on the neuronal population in the porcine jejunum. Study: Oral Exposure to Microplastics Affects the ...

Prior infections appear to shield enteric neurons, preventing these key components of the body's 'second brain' from dying off when future pathogens strike. A simple stomach bug could do a lot of ...

We know a bit about the human stomach. We know, for example, that it's lined with an elaborate web of neurons—five times more nerve cells than the spinal cord—that send information directly to our ...

Acute and chronic infections in a person's upper gastrointestinal tract appear to be linked to Parkinson's disease, say scientists. Acute and chronic infections in a person's upper gastrointestinal ...

Acute and chronic infections in a person's upper gastrointestinal tract appear to be linked to Parkinson's disease, say scientists at Georgetown University Medical Center and their collaborators at ...

It's more than a gut feeling: Your microbiome—that unique collection of microbes that lives in your gastrointestinal tract—plays a key role in your overall health. It's been tied to everything from ...

A simple stomach bug could do a lot of damage. There are 100 million neurons scattered along the gastrointestinal tract—directly in the line of fire—that can be stamped out by gut infections, ...