2023.10.02

The Brain-Gut Connection

Bouts of disabling pain, bleeding, weight loss and hospitalization that sometimes require surgery: that’s the lot of about three million adults in

(Source: “The Enteric Nervous System Relays Psychological Stress to Intestinal Inflammation,” by Kai Markus Schneider et al., in Cell, Vol. 186; June 22, 2023 ( reference ); Graphic by Now Medical Studios)

(Source: “The Enteric Nervous System Relays Psychological Stress to Intestinal Inflammation,” by Kai Markus Schneider et al., in Cell, Vol. 186; June 22, 2023 ( reference ); Graphic by Now Medical Studios)

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