Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol June 2020 PMID 32152479

Enteric nervous system: sensory transduction, neural circuits and gastrointestinal motility.

Nick J Spencer, Hongzhen Hu

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The discussions reveal a strong collective interest in the recent insights about the enteric nervous system, with comments emphasizing its role as a 'mini brain' and noting the significance of new techniques like optogenetics. The tone is generally enthusiastic, supported by references to the review as a 'must read' and mentions of how this work advances the understanding of gut-brain communication, indicating a meaningful impact on the scientific community.

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The enteric nervous system (ENS) is a specialized, independent nervous system within the gastrointestinal (GI) tract that manages sensory and motor functions, with recent research shedding light on how neurons coordinate responses to stimuli like distension and chemicals.
Advances in understanding indicate that mucosal serotonin may not be essential for bowel movements, but it can influence them, and chemosensory signals from enteroendocrine cells could modulate ENS activity.
Modern techniques like optogenetics now allow scientists to selectively stimulate specific types of neurons in the ENS, helping to reveal how these intrinsic sensory neurons detect stimuli and how their responses differ from external nerve signals involved in the gut-brain communication.]

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