Gut Endocrine Cell Connects with Neuron (IMAGE)

Duke University Medical Center

Gut Endocrine Cell Connects with Neuron

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In 2015, Duke researcher Liddle and colleagues demonstrated that gut endocrine cells -- although they are not nerves -- behave like them. Here, a gut endocrine cell physically connects to a neuron in a matter of hours.

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2015, <i>Journal of Clinical Investigation</i>

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