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dc.contributor.authorKeating, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorGrundy, David
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-11T16:00:00Z
dc.date.available2016-11-11T16:00:00Z
dc.date.issued2016-07-06
dc.identifier.citationKeating , C & Grundy , D 2016 , ' Ageing and Gastrointestinal Sensory Function : The Enteric Nervous System ' , Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology , vol. 891 , pp. 71- 74 . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27592-5_8 , https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27592-5
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/17316
dc.descriptionPaper submitted to the ‘The Enteric Nervous System II 2014’ conference, which was held on February 1st - 2nd 2014 at the National Wine Centre of Australia, Adelaide. Available on line at http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-27592-5_8
dc.description.abstractOver the past few decades a combination of electrophysiological, morphological and molecular approaches has enabled the different populations of vagal and spinal afferents that innervate the bowel to be characterized. The sensitivity of these afferents is determined by their location in the gut wall, their relationship with other cells and structures and the receptors and ion channels that they express on their nerve terminals. An important feature of this innervation is that it is upregulated during injury, inflammation and ischaemia through changes in receptors and ion channels that determine excitability and sensitivity. In recent studies we have sought to identify how sensory mechanisms are influenced as part of the normal ageing process. Attenuated signaling was evident in different gastrointestinal afferent subpopulations conveying low and high threshold mechanosensory information and there was impairment in the ability of sensory neurons to sensitize in response to chemical mediators such as 5-HT. These sensory deficits may contribute to altered bowel habits with age and the prevalence of incontinence in the elderly.en
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofAdvances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
dc.titleAgeing and Gastrointestinal Sensory Function : The Enteric Nervous Systemen
dc.contributor.institutionCentre for Research in Mechanisms of Disease and Drug Discovery
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Clinical, Pharmaceutical and Biological Science
dc.contributor.institutionBasic and Clinical Science Unit
dc.contributor.institutionCentre for Health Services and Clinical Research
dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Life and Medical Sciences
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.springer.com/gb/book/9783319275901?wt_mc=ThirdParty.SpringerLink.3.EPR653.About_eBook
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