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 ...

The enteric nervous system (ENS) is a vast network of nerves built into the walls of the intestine. While it is well known ...

The human gut houses a nervous system that operates largely independently of the body’s central nervous system—a “second brain” that’s of particular interest to a team of researchers at Michigan State ...

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 ...

Prior infections appear to shield enteric neurons, preventing these key components of the body's 'second brain' from dying off when future pathogens strike. A simple stomach bug could do a lot of ...

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 ...

ResearchRamnik Xavier , MD, PhD, of the Department of Molecular Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the ...

The Scavuzzo lab is captivated by the mechanisms that regulate cell fates and states – not just how a cell acquires their identity, but how they maintain it against all odds when challenged. The ...