NIH R01 · 2025
Spinal Sensory Ganglia and Gut Sensation
Project Summary The gut-brain axis, and in particular brain-stomach communication, are implicated in emotional and cognitive processing and often linked to many nervous system disorders, including psychosocial dysfunction, substance abuse, neurological diseases, and degeneration. While a large body of work exists on stomach-brain vagal pathways, much less is known about how the brain and the stomach may communicate through the spinal sensory pathways. This R01 application proposes to determine the anatomy, function, and circuitry targeted by gut-innervating spinal sensory ganglia. The proposed studies will test the overarching hypothesis that, similarly to musculoskeletal proprioception,…
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