Spontaneous calcium waves in the developing enteric nervous system

Marlene M Hao; Annette J Bergner; Caroline S Hirst; Lincon A Stamp; Franca Casagranda; Joel C Bornstein; Werend Boesmans; Pieter Vanden Berghe; Heather M Young

Journal article

Spontaneous calcium waves in the developing enteric nervous system

Marlene M Hao, Annette J Bergner, Caroline S Hirst, Lincon A Stamp, Franca Casagranda, Joel C Bornstein, Werend Boesmans, Pieter Vanden Berghe, Heather M Young

Developmental Biology | ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE | Published : 2017

DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2017.05.018

University of Melbourne Researchers

Heather Young Author Anatomy and Neuroscience

Marlene Hao Author Anatomy and Neuroscience

Annette Bergner Author Anatomy and Neuroscience

Joel Bornstein Author Physiology

Lincon Stamp Author Anatomy and Neuroscience

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Grants

Awarded by NHMRC Project grant

Awarded by Senior Research Fellowship

Awarded by FWO

Awarded by Hercules Foundation

Funding Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Michael Moons, Lies de Dier and Anneleen Geuzens in the Laboratory for Enteric Neuroscience for their technical assistance. This work is supported by NHMRC Project grant (1047953) and Senior Research Fellowship to HMY (1002506), FWO grant to PVB (G.0501.10, G.0921.15), Hercules Foundation (AKUL.11/ 37 & AKUL.09/050) to PVB. MMH and WB are postdoctoral fellows of the NHMRC and FWO.