COMPLEX AND HIDDEN BRAIN IN GUT MAKES STOMACHACHES AND BUTTERFLIES

By SANDRA BLAKESLEE
New York Times, January 23, 1996

EVER wonder why people get “butterflies” in the stomach before going on stage? Or why an impending job interview can cause an attack of intestinal cramps? And why antidepressants targeted for the brain cause nausea or abdominal upset in millions of people who take such drugs?
The reason for [...]

THE OTHER BRAIN ALSO DEALS WITH MANY WOES

By HARRIET BROWN
New York Time, August 23, 2005

Two brains are better than one. At least that is the rationale for the close – sometimes too close – relationship between the human body’s two brains, the one at the top of the spinal cord and the hidden but powerful brain in the gut known as the [...]