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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Although this was a ground-breaking classic when first published in the 1990s, much of the information is obsolete thanks to new technologies, especially the microbiome. The more recent book, Gut by Giulia Enders is a more up-to-date description of the anatomical aspects of the digestive system, though Gershon is still worth reading because of its details as well as its outsized influence since its publication. A good, readable account of how a top-notch scientist made important discoveries about the role of the enteric nervous system. Written before the explosion of understanding of the human microbiome, he includes excellent details of each of the parts of the gastric system and how the nerves function, right down to the level of seronotin, but much of this is obsolete now that the role of microbes is becoming known. "Sappiamo che, per quanto il concetto possa apparire inadeguato, il sistema gastroenterico è dotato di un cervello. Lo sgradevole intestino è più intellettuale del cuore e potrebbe avere una capacità "emozionale" superiore. È il solo organo a contenere un sistema nervoso intrinseco in grado di mediare i riflessi in completa assenza di input dal cervello o dal midollo spinale." Il sistema nervoso enterico è una curiosità, un residuo che abbiamo conservato da nostro passato evolutivo. Di certo, non suona come qualcosa che possa attirare l'interesse di tutti, invece dovrebbe. Un sistema nervoso enterico è presente in ciascuno dei nostri predecessori nel corso di milioni di anni di storia dell'evoluzione che ci separa dal primo animale dotato di spina dorsale. Esso è un centro di elaborazione dati moderno e pieno di vita che ci di portare a termine alcuni compiti molto importanti e spiacevoli senza alcuno sforzo mentale. Michael D. Gershon responsabile del Dipartimento di Anatomia e Biologia cellulare della Columbia University, autore di innumerevoli pubblicazioni scientifiche, è considerato uno dei padri della neurogastroenterologia. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"Persuasive, impassioned... hopeful news [for those] suffering from functional bowel disease." -- New York Times Book Review Dr. Gershon's groundbreaking book fills the gap between what you need to know--and what your doctor has time to tell you. 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." Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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This books starts out like a travelog written by a very engaging writer, who spices his writing with witty humor that is delightful to read. Even though it reads like a travelog, yet the writing is so engaging that I read on, delighted with his surprising comparisons.
However as the book goes on, it gets into detail that me, a person who is not a neurologist, finds to be excessive blow-by-blow details about chemical minutia. It almost seems as if the book was written to document for some future civilization, the long forgotten research done in this generation on enteric neurology.
The last two chapters get back to readable English and summarize why he and other scientists do the work that they do.
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