Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0878755

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0878755

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Electrical activity in early enteric neuron development. Intestinal movements and secretion are critical to the good health and nutrition of both humans and animals. These functions are regulated by a large nervous system contained within the intestinal wall, the enteric nervous system. This project will identify how enteric nerve cells develop and how their behaviour influences the development of other enteric nerve cells. This is will provide an important base for more applied research aimed at developing treatments for diseases like chronic constipation and irritable bowel syndrome. It will also contribute to the growing knowledge about how epigenetic factors can modify genetically programmed development within the nervous system.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2008

End Date: 12-2010

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $445,562.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Cellular Nervous System | Autonomic Nervous System | Cell Development (Incl. Cell Division And Apoptosis) | Neurosciences

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Digestive system and disorders | Nervous system and disorders |

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