CIRCUIT DEVELOPMENT IN THE ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM

Grant number: 1071153 | Funding period: 2014 - 2019

Completed

Abstract

Many infants and children suffer from bowel motility disorders, for example, chronic constipation affects up to 1 in 10 children. However, the cause of many of these paediatric motility disorders remains unknown. In this project, we will examine the development of wiring of the nervous system that controls bowel motility. This is the first study to investigate the development of cell-cell communication during early stages of nervous system development.

University of Melbourne Researchers