The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. From the moment you swallow a bite of food to the moment it exits your body, the gut is toiling to process this strange outside material ...

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 ...

Known as the second brain, your gut has influence over your emotions and physical health. Housed within the enteric system ...

Researchers at Michigan State University 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 ...

GI infections cause billions of illnesses and more than 1.7 million deaths globally each year, disproportionately affecting young children, older adults, and immunocompromised peoplei. In the United ...

Your autonomic nervous system (ANS) is the part of your central nervous system (CNS) that controls unconscious activities like breathing and digestion. This system is always working, whether or not ...

Whether it’s diving off a pier into the salty waves below or stepping up to the podium to address a room full of people, you likely know what “butterflies in your stomach” feel like when they start ...

A research team from the LKS Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has made a breakthrough in gastric cancer research, revealing how the "second brain"—nerves in the digestive ...

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 ...

A series of rodent experiments showed that even with abundant food and water, personal space is essential to prevent societal collapse, but Universe 25's relevance to humans remains disputed. The ...