Michael Gershon
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- University of Oxford
Cornell University (BA, MD) - Berufe
- professor (Pathology and Cell Biology)
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- Columbia University
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Although this was a ground-breaking classic when first published in the 1990s, much of the information is obsolete thanks to new technologies, especially the microbiome. The more recent book, Gut by Giulia Enders is a more up-to-date description of the anatomical aspects of the digestive system, though Gershon is still worth reading because of its details as well as its outsized influence since its publication.
A good, readable account of how a top-notch scientist made important discoveries about the role of the enteric nervous system.
Written before the explosion of understanding of the human microbiome, he includes excellent details of each of the parts of the gastric system and how the nerves function, right down to the level of seronotin, but much of this is obsolete now that the role of microbes is becoming known.
Written before the explosion of understanding of the human microbiome, he includes excellent details of each of the parts of the gastric system and how the nerves function, right down to the level of seronotin, but much of this is obsolete now that the role of microbes is becoming known.
Molto interessante la parte sulle funzionalità dell'apparato, meno (decisamente noiosi) i capitoli sulle ricerche in atto, troppo tecnici.
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This books starts out like a travelog written by a very engaging writer, who spices his writing with witty humor that is delightful to read. Even though it reads like a travelog, yet the writing is so engaging that I read on, delighted with his surprising comparisons.
However as the book goes on, it gets into detail that me, a person who is not a neurologist, finds to be excessive blow-by-blow details about chemical minutia. It almost seems as if the book was written to document for some future civilization, the long forgotten research done in this generation on enteric neurology.
The last two chapters get back to readable English and summarize why he and other scientists do the work that they do.
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