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Unveiling the vital role of glial cells in the gut's 'second brain'

www.quantamagazine.org In the Gut’s ‘Second Brain,’ Key Agents of Health Emerge | Quanta Magazine

Sitting alongside the neurons in your enteric nervous system are underappreciated glial cells, which play key roles in digestion and disease that scientists are only just starting to understand.

In the Gut’s ‘Second Brain,’ Key Agents of Health Emerge | Quanta Magazine
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  • This was a really cool read!!

    What a bittersweet time to be alive, gaining all this important knowledge while surrounded by all the dumb that's out there