A Wearable “EKG for the Gut”
Consider this: ‘There is one brain that sits at the top of the spinal cord, but there is a second brain equally powerful and equally controlling. With 100 million neurons, 90% of the serotonin, 50% of the dopamine, neuropeptites, endorphins and benzodiazapines, the enteric nervous system (ENS) located in the sheaths of tissue lining the esophagus, stomach, small intestine and colon is the BRAIN in the GUT. Just like the larger brain in the head, the ENS sends and receives impulses, records experiences and respond to emotions. The gut can upset the brain just as the brain can upset the gut.” On this premise, G-Tech Medical (Mountain View, CA) has developed a wireless, wearable, disposable electrode patch that the company describes as an “EKG for the gut.” MORE
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