Colon Neurons Talking (VIDEO)

Duke University

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This video shows green fluorescent colon neurons activated by neurostimulation in real time. This is the first time that sacral nerve stimulation, an FDA approved therapy for colon motility disorders, has definitively been shown to activate neurons in the colon in live animals, explaining why the therapy might work.

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Xiling Shen, Duke University

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