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In the gut's 'second brain,' key agents of health emerge

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.

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