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Our main interest is the functioning of the autonomic nervous system in mammals. In particular, our work involves recording the electrical activity of smooth and cardiac muscles during nervous system stimulation. _____________________ Contact: Division of Neuroscience, JCSMR GPO Box 334, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia Phone: 02 6125 9692 | Fax : 02 6125 8077 Group Current Research Projects Collaborations

Professor David Hirst FAA Group Leader & Senior Principal Research Fellow Biosketch & Publications

Dr Frank Edwards Sub Group Leader & Research Fellow Biosketch & Publications

Dr Hiroe Yanagida Postdoctoral Fellow Biosketch & Publications

Ms Pilar Garcia-Londono Laboratory Assistant

Current Research Projects

Our current work is related to the NHMRC project 'Control of gastrointestinal motility by interstitial cells and neuronal projections'. The aim of the project is to determine the role of interstitial cells in the initiation of myogenic activity in the gastric antrum, how interstitial cells are coupled to smooth muscle cells, what their role is in neuroeffector transmission in the gut, how their activity is influenced by changes in the internal concentration of calcium ions and the development of analytical stimulation to describe the generation of pacemaker activity.

Collaborations

Professors S.M. Ward and K.M. Sanders, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Manville Medical Sciences Building, Reno, NV, 89557 Professor H. Suzuki, Department of Physiology, Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan Dr N. Teramoto, Department of Pharmacology, Kyushu University, Fuluoka, Kyushu, Japan Professor W.A. Large, Department of Pharmacology, St George's Medical School, Tooting Broadway, London, UK Professor C. Hill, Division of Neuroscience, J.C.S.M.R., A.N.U., Canberra, A.C.T. Associate Professor Robert A Bywater, Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia