In mice, chronically high levels of stress hormones worsen bowel inflammation. Single-cell analysis revealed the molecular triggers that drive stem cells to become cancerous, which may help inform ...

The connection between your digestive system and your brain is so strong that scientists actually call your gut the “second brain.” This impressive nickname comes from the enteric nervous ...

Additionally, historical theories propose that the enteric nervous system—a network of neurons embedded in the gut—could function as a “first brain” that evolved before the central nervous ...

Kamara explains: “Your gut is lined by the enteric nervous system (ENS). This system, sometimes referred to as ‘the second brain,’ contains more than 100 million nerve cells and goes from ...

It seems evident that further studies of the oral route of TSE transmission identifying the cellular mechanisms involved in the spread of infectivity before central nervous system invasion are ...