# In the gut's 'second brain,' key agents of health emerge

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> In the Gut’s ‘Second Brain,’ Key Agents of Health Emerge | Quanta Magazine.  
> Sitting alongside the neurons in your enteric nervous system are underappreciated glial cells, which play key roles in digestion and disease that scientists are only just starting to understand.

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> **[In the Gut’s ‘Second Brain,’ Key Agents of Health Emerge | Quanta Magazine](https://www.quantamagazine.org/in-the-guts-second-brain-key-agents-of-health-emerge-20231121)**
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> Sitting alongside the neurons in your enteric nervous system are underappreciated glial cells, which play key roles in digestion and disease that scientists are only just starting to understand.

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