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Perhaps my favorite science experiment, next to dual-slit, https://radiolab.org/podcast/197242-gut-feelings https://radiolab.org/podcast/197242-gut-feelings Th
by avisser 3y ago
Perhaps my favorite science experiment, next to dual-slit, https://radiolab.org/podcast/197242-gut-feelings https://radiolab.org/podcast/197242-gut-feelings
They cut the vagus nerves of rats and see behavior change.
Which makes sense to me - when "brains" first evolved, the connection to the stomach would've been the prime connection.
- jinder 3y agoNot just that. In mice, SSRIs stop having any anti-depressant effects if the vagus nerve is severed: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-50807-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-50807-8 So they also seem to be effective via the enteric nervous system!