
The Gut-Brain Axis: What it is, associated problems and new therapies. Nancy Thornberry
Talking Biotech with Dr. Kevin Folta
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What Are the Signals That Trigger Insolent Production?
The digestive system is communicating information up to the nervous system. When nutrients get further down into the intestine, pormones are released a depending on where the nutrients actually are in the gut. These hormones communicate with the brain and the pancreus - for example, to stimulate insom secretion or modula feeding centrs. Some of them bind to receptors in the brain stem that give one, for example, feeling a satiety to trigger body to stop eating.
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