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Rely on gut feeling? New research identifies how second brain in gut communicates.

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Rely on gut feeling? New research identifies how second brain in gut communicates.

In a new study published in the eNeuro journal, Professor Nick Spencer's laboratory has identified a particular type of neuron in the gut wall that communicates signals to other neurons outside the gut, near the spinal cord and up to the brain.

medicalxpress.com/news/2020...

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The study:

A novel mode of sympathetic reflex activation mediated by the enteric nervous system | eNeuro 2020 pmc.

eneuro.org/content/early/20...

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Great article. This is why I am taking the PNX21 probiotic even if unproven right now.

Here's another article about it. It's very long so maybe you could translate the results for us as you so often do. I am trying to figure out what is the "altered diet" that is referred to.

cell.com/cell-reports/pdfEx...

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Maybe this may help devise better protocol for PD

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