Gut Nervous System (IMAGE)

Stowers Institute for Medical Research

Gut Nervous System

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In normal mice, the maturing enteric nervous system (shown in orange) reaches from the stomach at the top followed by the intestine in the middle to the colon at the bottom.

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Image: Naomi Tjaden, Stowers Institute for Medical Research

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