The importance of superstars: cell numbers and lineages in enteric nervous system formation

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1069757

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

All digestive functions are controlled by a nerve system in the gut wall, and it works without us thinking about it. This is a huge system rivalling the spinal cord in number of nerve cells. And it has may different types of nerve cells. It originates from a very few cells early in the embryo, about 200 times fewer than the spinal cord. How do the cells manage to divide enough to make this system, and how do they 'know' how to make the right types of nerve cells in the right places in the gut?

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 01-01-2016

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $561,717.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Autonomic Nervous System

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

cell migration | mathematical modelling | neural crest cell lineage | neuronal differentiation | systems biology

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