A new study has unexpectedly discovered that a common parasite of modern oysters actually started infecting bivalves hundreds ...

There is such a specialized, complex network of neurons serving the gut that it is sometimes referred to as out second brain.

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

In a groundbreaking study [1] published in Science, researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and collaborators unveiled the first high-resolution atlas of how enteric neurons adapt to ...