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Studies have shown that there is a connection between what happens in your stomach and what happens in your brain. Neurons in both the hypothalamus and mesencephalon were impacted by gastric distension. (Barone,  F.C., et al. Gastric distension modulates hypothalamic neurons via a sympathetic afferent path through the mesencephalic periaqueductal gray.) 

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Yes, there are billions of neurons in your stomach, according to Michael Gershon, M.D., author of The Second Brain (HarperCollins, 1999), and a neurobiologist at New York's Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. An independent network of over 100 billion neurons in the gut not only signals your bodies to stress but causes illness. (Psychology Today: The Second Brain. NY:HarperCollins, 1999)

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An isolated heart neuron simply sparks chaotically, without apparent intelligence. But when it is a part of the neuronal network in a living heart, it synchronizes with all the other neurons to create a steady heartbeat. (Sincell, Mark. Biotechology: What's beyond silicon and fiber optics? Would you believe microprocessors with living brain tissue?)  

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Heart neurons? Absolutely. For those of you who are interested in this relatively new area on ongoing research, The Institute of Heart Math has published photographs of neurons in the heart--some taken with a confocal microscope. They call it "the little brain in the heart." Amazing! 

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