Ramnik Xavier, MD, PhD, of the Department of Molecular Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the senior author of a paper published in Science, “Regional encoding of enteric nervous system ...

There is such a specialized, complex network of neurons serving the gut that it is sometimes referred to as out second brain. This gastrointestinal nervous system, also known as the enteric nervous ...

The enteric nervous system (ENS) is a sophisticated, autonomous network of neurons and glia embedded within the gastrointestinal tract, critical for regulating motility, secretion, and blood flow. The ...

After meals, the intestines use peristalsis to move food through the gut using coordinated contractions and relaxations of smooth muscle. Results from a new study in mice done by scientists at Harvard ...

Neurons in the gut produce a molecule that plays a pivotal role in shaping the gut’s immune response during and after inflammation, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

A breakthrough single-cell enteric nervous atlas charts how microbes and allergic inflammation can rewire neuronal and intestinal function—paving the way for a new generation of neuron-targeting ...

Our guts hold a kind of brain, known as the enteric nervous system; it is a network of neurons that extends throughout the walls of the gastrointestinal tract. This neural network can also function ...

The relationship between our nervous and digestive systems is a relatively new area of scientific study. But what Northeastern University researcher Abigail Koppes calls the "brain gut" connection has ...

Researchers have described the neurodegeneration that occurs in the nervous system of the bowel in Batten disease, a rare and fatal genetic condition. In their latest study, a team showed that gene ...

At first glance, “trusting your gut” may seem intuitive, irrational, or even unscientific. However, science confirms that the digestive system is indeed “sensitive”; it contains its own autonomic ...

For most people, a day’s meals offer a variety of food with different levels of nutrition. Breakfast could be a meager bowl of cereal loaded with artificial sweeteners, while lunch may bring with it a ...