Cellular bases of enteric neural circuitry underlying gut propulsion

该项目旨在研究哺乳动物肠道行为的神经基础。肠神经系统（ENS）在肠内容物的推进中起着关键作用。这个项目期望建立肠神经元的特定功能类别如何控制沿着肠道的推进。通过同时记录数百种不同功能类别的肠神经细胞的同时神经活动，同时记录肠肌电活动和肠壁的运动，该项目预计将确定哪些肠神经化学类别的神经元沿着肠道产生特定的运动模式沿着。

This project aims to investigate the neural bases of behaviour in the mammalian gut. The Enteric Nervous System (ENS) plays a critical role in the propulsion of intestinal contents. This project expects to establish how specific functional classes of enteric neurons control propulsion along the gut. By recording the simultaneous neural activity from hundreds of different functional classes of enteric nerve cells simultaneously, whilst recording intestinal muscle electrical activity and the movements of the gut wall, the project expects to identify which enteric neurochemical classes of neurons generate specific motor patterns along the intestine.