Hasselt University professor Werend Boesmans (39) will receive a grant of 200,000 euros for research into the role of the nervous system in the gut. “Our ‘abdominal brain’ is the size of a cat’s brain”, says Hasselt prof.
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Butterflies in your stomach, a knot in your stomach, following your gut feeling: it really exists. We feel those emotions, thanks to the enteric nervous system in our gut. It is our second brain that connects …
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