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 ...

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 ...

Researchers have revealed a previously unknown function of opioid receptors in the development of the enteric nervous system (ENS), often referred to as the 'brain in the gut.' This discovery ...

Researchers at Rice University have revealed a previously unknown function of opioid receptors in the development of the enteric nervous system (ENS), often referred to as the "brain in the gut." This ...

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 gut-brain axis links your central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) with your enteric nervous system (the nervous ...