The Gut: Our Second Brain

The Gut: Our Second Brain
  • Release date: 31 Jan 2014
  • Release year: 2014
  • Runtime: 55 minutes
  • Country: France
  • Keywords: close up of torso, voice over narration, bacteria, neuron, enteric nervous system, domestication of fire, homo ergaster, cooking food, cro magnon, serotonin
Plot:
For years, scientists have known about the existence of another brain within our bodies. Our stomach functions totally independently and does far more than just digestion. It reigns over a spectacular colony of one hundred thousand billion bacteria that have a strong impact on our personalities. Some diseases of the brain, like Parkinson's, may stem from the degeneration of intestinal neurons.
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