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fromHarvard Gazette
2 days ago

How stress hormones disrupt the gut - Harvard Gazette

Stress hormones disrupt enteric nervous system signaling, slowing digestion and worsening IBS-C, and restoring the pathway improves gut function in preclinical models.
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fromNature
3 months ago

Intestinal macrophages modulate synucleinopathy along the gut-brain axis - Nature

Muscularis externa macrophages (ME-Macs) are necessary for the formation and distribution of α-synuclein pathology.
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fromPsychology Today
8 months ago

Do We Really Need a Brain?

Substantial cognitive and functional abilities can persist despite extreme brain tissue loss, suggesting significant intelligence-related processing occurs outside the brain.
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