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The Second Brain: The Scientific Basis of Gut Instinct & a Groundbreaking New Understanding of Nervous Disorders of the Stomach & Intest

by Michael D Gershon

The Second Brain: The Scientific Basis of Gut Instinct & a Groundbreaking New Understanding of Nervous Disorders of the Stomach & Intest Cover

 

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Dr. Michael Gershon has devoted his career to understanding the human bowel (the stomach, esophagus, small intestine, and colon). His thirty years of research have led to an extraordinary rediscovery: nerve cells in the gut that act as a brain. This "second brain" can control our gut all by itself. Our two brains — the one in our head and the one in our bowel — must cooperate. If they do not, then there is chaos in the gut and misery in the head — everything from "butterflies" to cramps, from diarrhea to constipation. Dr. Gershon's work has led to radical new understandings about a wide range of gastrointestinal problems including gastroenteritis, nervous stomach, and irritable bowel syndrome. The Second Brain represents a quantum leap in medical knowledge and is already benefiting patients whose symptoms were previously dismissed as neurotic or "it's all in your head."

Synopsis:

A remarkable book of scientific discovery, revealing how the intensive concentration of nerve cells in our gut--our second brain--was forgotten and how its rediscovery is transforming modern medicine. Illustrations.

About the Author

Michael D. Gershon M.D., is chairman of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780060930721
Author:
Gershon, Michael D.
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Author:
Gershon, Michael D.
Author:
Gershon, Michael
Author:
by Michael Gershon
Location:
New York, NY
Subject:
Medicine, psychosomatic
Subject:
Diseases
Subject:
Physiology
Subject:
Diseases - Abdominal
Subject:
Gastrointestinal system
Subject:
Nervous system, autonomic
Subject:
Irritable colon
Subject:
Autonomic ganglia.
Subject:
General Health & Fitness
Subject:
Gastrointestinal system -- Innervation.
Subject:
Human Physiology
Subject:
Health and Medicine-Stomach Bowels and Bladder
Copyright:
Edition Description:
Trade PB
Series Volume:
11
Publication Date:
19991131
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
336
Dimensions:
8.02x5.30x.79 in. .53 lbs.

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