Enteric nervous system

Did you know there are more nerve cells in our bodies than there are stars in the Milky Way? The nervous system is one of the most important systems in our body that sends information from one part of the body to another. It is because of this system that we are able to control and coordinate our movements and actions.

Ever wonder what controls your appetite and makes you hungry? Why some foods look more appealing than others? Why you're always hungry for dessert? Or why you might open the fridge full of food, then stand there and say, "We have nothing good to eat!"? We're driven by a complex play of chemicals that orchestrate food intake, desire, and food associations.

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Enteric Nervous System The digestive system’s enteric nervous system is by far the largest neural network outside of the CNS and contains more neurons than the spinal column. The variety of neurotransmitters is similar to that in the CNS. The complexity with which these transmitters interact is fascinating and intricate. This system provides the local “hard wiring” for all local gut reflexes, most notably peristalsis. Local responses are modulated by input from the other regulatory systems…

The brain in your head and the one in your gut are always exchanging info. But how do they do it? Neuroscientist Diego Bohórquez is trying to find out the answers.

Your autonomic nervous system is a network of nerves that handle unconscious tasks like heartbeat and breathing. It’s a key part of your body’s survival processes.

The discovery of the size and complexity of the human microbiome has resulted in an ongoing reevaluation of many concepts of health and disease, including diseases affecting the CNS. A growing body of preclinical literature has demonstrated bidirectional signaling between the brain and the gut microbiome, involving multiple neurocrine and endocrine signaling mechanisms. While psychological and physical stressors can affect the composition and metabolic activity of the gut microbiota…

The autonomic nervous system controls all involuntary functions of the human body. It is part of the peripheral nervous system (PNS).

Each time we experience an event that overwhelms our capacity to cope, an electrical charge, or short circuit, is created in our nervous system. It doesn't matter if fight, flight or freeze generated the charge, what's important is that the charge be released from our nervous system as soon as possible. There are many reasons this doesn't happen; developmental stage, not being co-regulated, not knowing how, being too "civilised" and so on. Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) dissolves these…

Organization of Nervous System