Gut Brain Interaction
in Sepsis
The Enteric Nervous System: The Brain in the Gut
The gut has a mind of its own, the "enteric nervous system".
Just like the larger brain in the head, researchers say, this system sends and
receives impulses, records experiences and respond to emotions. Its nerve cells
are bathed and influenced by the same neurotransmitters. The gut can upset the
brain just as the brain can upset the gut.
The gut's brain or the "enteric nervous
system" is located in the sheaths of tissue lining the esophagus, stomach,
small intestine and colon. Considered a single entity, it is a network of
neurons, neurotransmitters and proteins that zap messages between neurons,
support cells like those found in the brain proper and a complex circuitry that
enables it to act independently, learn, remember and, as the saying goes,
produce gut feelings.
The gut's brain is reported to play a major
role in human happiness and misery. Many gastrointestinal disorders like
colitis and irritable bowel syndrome originate from problems within the gut's
brain. Also, it is now known that most ulcers are caused by a bacterium not by
hidden anger at one's mother.
沒有留言:
張貼留言