The stability of the neuronal circuits and cells of the enteric nervous system can no longer be taken for granted; new evidence suggests astounding rates of apoptosis and neurogenesis. Figure 1: The ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Sept. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Vitamins require more than dosage to be effective. The total quantity of a particular nutrient present in a tablet or capsule is insignificant if ...

Research by Milena Bogunovic, MD, PhD, associate professor of pathology At UMass Chan Medical School, sheds light on how inflammation in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, such as that associated with ...

By age 2, nearly all children in a US birth cohort had contracted an enteric viral infection, most of which presented ...

The enteric nervous system (ENS) has gained broader visibility, notably through its designation as a “second brain” and growing interest in the gut ...

There is, you may be happy to know, a guru of intestinal intelligence. And as improbable as it sounds, he just may be able to explain why you get depressed and anxious, dive for the peanut butter when ...

Researchers have made a surprising discovery about the human gut's enteric nervous system that itself is filled with surprising facts. For starters, there's the fact that this 'second brain' exists at ...

Out of all the organs in the body, the gastrointestinal tract is the only organ to have evolved its only fully independent nervous system. That’s why this tract, which stretches from the mouth to the ...

This was a post hoc analysis of the 2021 open-label randomized ADAPTABLE (Aspirin Dosing: A Patient-Centric Trial Assessing Benefits and Long-term Effectiveness) trial that showed no statistical ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. We know a bit about the human stomach. We know, for example, that it's lined with an elaborate web of neurons—five times ...

In recent years enteric glial cells have moved on from being regarded as bit part players passively supporting intestinal epithelial cells, to being recognized as having a fundamental role in ...