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These brain regions are the stomach’s master controllers

Rabies virus helps to trace the nerve network that keeps the stomach in good form.
Rabies-virus-labeled neurons (green) in the insula that send projections down to the stomach.

Neurons (green) in a brain region called the insula send projections to the stomach. Credit: David Levinthal and Peter Strick

As unemployment levels rise, so does stress — and the number of deaths from stomach ulcers. Researchers have now identified brain regions that control stomach function, findings that could explain how stress contributes to ulcers and other gastrointestinal disorders.

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Nature 581, 359 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-01508-0

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