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NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 19, Issue 9, Pages 552-565Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41583-018-0041-0
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- US National Institutes of Health (NIH) [DK098903]
- Paul Marks Scholars Program
- American Gastroenterological Association-Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Research Scholar Award in Neurogastroenterology
- NIH [NS15547, NS099270, DK093094]
- Einhorn Family Charitable Trust
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The gastrointestinal tract contains its own set of intrinsic neuroglial circuits-the enteric nervous system (ENS)-which detects and responds to diverse signals from the environment. Here, we address recent advances in the understanding of ENS development, including how neural-crest-derived progenitors migrate into and colonize the bowel, the formation of ganglionated plexuses and the molecular mechanisms of enteric neuronal and glial diversification. Modern lineage tracing and transcription-profiling technologies have produced observations that simultaneously challenge and affirm long-held beliefs about ENS development. We review many genetic and environmental factors that can alter ENS development and exert long-lasting effects on gastrointestinal function, and discuss how developmental defects in the ENS might account for some of the large burden of digestive disease.
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