Why can zebrafish regenerate damaged gut nerves while humans largely cannot? Michigan State University researchers have developed a new research tool that allows them to remove gut neurons in ...

Vanderbilt researchers, including those from the Vanderbilt Brain Institute, have made significant strides in understanding how the enteric nervous system—sometimes called the "brain" of the gut—forms ...

About 90% of your body’s serotonin is produced in the gut. The enteric nervous system running through your digestive tract ...

Chronic constipation is a common digestive disorder and is often viewed as a trivial problem across the world but now ...

Contraction in the digestive system is controlled by neurons in the enteric nervous system that all "fire" at the same time. The new paper adds to our understanding of the enteric nervous system by ...

Scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding how the enteric nervous system forms, which could pave the way for new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's. Scientists ...

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Millions of neurons in the gastrointestinal tract coordinate their activity to generate the muscle contractions that propel waste through the last leg of the digestive system, according to a study of ...

Enteric neuropathies are degenerative diseases characterized by degradation of the nerves and muscles in the digestive system. The gut stops functioning as a result of this degradation. Graneli et al.