New Genetic Candidates for Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Most people associate serotonin with brain neurology, but over 95 percent of the body's serotonin occurs in the gastrointestinal tract, which has a complex neuronal circuit that has been called "the second brain" of the body. Now a Mayo Clinic research team has identified a number of genetic variants in serotonin genes that impact irritable bowel syndrome or IBS. The findings are being presented at Digestive Disease Week 2010 in New Orleans on May 4.

for more : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100504095058.htm

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John Nash

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