Article
How to Heal the Gut’s Brain: Regeneration of the Enteric Nervous System
2022-04-09
Abstract excerpt
The neural-crest derived enteric nervous system (ENS) is the intrinsic nervous system of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and controls all gut functions, including motility. Lack of ENS neurons causes various ENS disorders such as Hirschsprung Disease. One treatment option for ENS dis-orders includes the activation of resident stem cells to regenerate ENS neurons. Regeneration in the ENS has mainly been studied in...
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- Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology
- Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery
- Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies
- Congenital heart defects research
- Digestive system and related health
- Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
- Infant Nutrition and Health
- Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders
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- Literature Corpus work
- fda72266-6fd1-5a19-8612-382982d00c36
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202204.0084.v1
