First-pass extracted concept

enteric nervous system

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Aliases

ENS, the brain in the gut

Evidence Snippets

The enteric nervous system (ENS), the brain in the gut, plays critical roles for life.

Evidence 1Source 1DOIprovenance

Supporting Sources

Source 1review2017Life SciencesDOI

Linked Claims

Claim 1application scope summarysupports2017Source 1DOI

The review presents optogenetics as having potential application in ENS research and discusses both in vitro and in vivo uses.

Claim 2limitation summarysupports2017Source 1DOI

There are challenges to applying optogenetics in ENS research.

Claim 3research gap summarysupports2017Source 1DOI

ENS neural circuits remain only partly understood because appropriate research tools are lacking.