Uphando olutsha luchaza indlela inkqubo ye-nervous emathunjini, inkqubo ye-nervous ye-enteric (ENS), ivelisa i-propulsion ecaleni kwamathumbu, igxininisa indlela efana ngayo nokuziphatha kwamanye amanethiwekhi e-neural kwingqondo kunye nentambo yomgogodla.

Uphando olukhokelwa nguNjingalwazi uNick Spencer weYunivesithi yaseFlinders ugxininisa ukuba i-ENS emathunjini "yingqondo yokuqala" kwaye yavela kwingqondo yomntu ngaphambi kobuchopho njengoko siyazi. Iziphumo ezitsha zityhila ulwazi olutsha olubalulekileyo malunga nendlela amawaka ee-neurons kwi-ENS anxibelelana ngayo ukuze abangele umgca we-muscle ukuba uvume kwaye utyhale iziqulatho. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, lo ibingumba omkhulu ongasonjululwanga.

Kwiphepha elitsha leBiology yoNxibelelwano (iNdalo), uNjingalwazi uNick Spencer weYunivesithi yaseFlinders uthe iziphumo zamva nje zintsonkothile kakhulu kunokuba bekulindelwe, kwaye zikhutshwe kulwelo olusemva kwalo, ukuba akukho xinzelelo lwendalo. Iinkqubo zamanye amalungu e-muscular ziye zavela kwiinkqubo ezahlukeneyo kakhulu; njengemikhumbi ye-lymphatic, ureters okanye i-portal veins.

UNjingalwazi uNick Spencer weYunivesithi yaseFlinders upapashe isifundo esitsha kwiBiology yoNxibelelwano ukucacisa indlela inkqubo ye-nervous emathunjini, oko kukuthi, indlela inkqubo ye-nervous ye-enteric (ENS) iqhubela phambili ngayo emathunjini, kwaye igxininisa ukuba inxulumene Ukuziphatha kwezinye iinethiwekhi ze-neural kwingqondo kunye nentambo yomgogodla.

Olu pho nonongo lugxininisa ukuba i-ENS emathunjini "yingqondo yokuqala", eye yavela kwakudala ngaphambi kokuvela kwengqondo yomntu. Ezi ziphumo zitsha zityhila ulwazi olutsha olubalulekileyo malunga nendlela amawaka ee-neurons kwinkqubo ye-nervous anxibelelana ngayo, ebangela ukuba umgca we-muscle uvumelane kunye nokutyhala umxholo.