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Overview

Marcello Costa is affiliated with Flinders University in Australia and has a research focus primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields, including Gastroenterology, Surgery, Pharmacy, Physiology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientific topics covered by their research include:

  • Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
  • Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies
  • Infant Health and Development
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies

Among recent publications associated with or related to their research field are:

  • "Postoperative ileus-An ongoing conundrum," 2020, Neurogastroenterology & Motility
  • "Advances in colonic motor complexes in mice," 2020, American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology
  • "The role of enteric inhibitory neurons in intestinal motility," 2021, Autonomic Neuroscience
  • "Characterization of putative interneurons in the myenteric plexus of human colon," 2020, Neurogastroenterology & Motility
  • "Long range synchronization within the enteric nervous system underlies propulsion along the large intestine in mice," 2021, Communications Biology

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Simon J. Brookes
  • Nick J. Spencer
  • Phil G. Dinning
  • David A. Wattchow
  • Timothy J. Hibberd

Marcello Costa has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Neurogastroenterology & Motility
  • American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology
  • Advances in experimental medicine and biology
  • Autonomic Neuroscience
  • The Journal of Comparative Neurology

In addition to journal articles, Costa has contributed to book publications, including a work titled The Enteric Nervous System II published in 2022 by Springer Nature.

Best Publications

  • The enteric nervous system

    Marcello Costa;Simon J.H. Brookes

  • Types of nerves in the enteric nervous system

    J.B. Furness;M. Costa

  • Co-localization of calcitonin gene-related peptide-like immunoreactivity with substance P in cutaneous, vascular and visceral sensory neurons of guinea pigs.

    I.L. Gibbins;J.B. Furness;M. Costa;I. MacIntyre

  • Neurochemical classification of myenteric neurons in the guinea-pig ileum

    M. Costa;S. J. H. Brookes;P. A. Steele;I. Gibbins

  • Anatomy and physiology of the enteric nervous system.

    M Costa;S J H Brookes;G W Hennig

  • Pathway-specific patterns of the co-existence of substance P, calcitonin gene-related peptide, cholecystokinin and dynorphin in neurons of the dorsal root ganglia of the guinea-pig.

    I. L. Gibbins;J. B. Furness;M. Costa

  • Adrenergic Neurons: Their Organization, Function and Development in the Peripheral Nervous System

    Geoffrey Burnstock;Marcello Costa

  • The adrenergic innervation of the gastrointestinal tract.

    J. B. Furness;M. Costa

  • Chemical coding of enteric neurons.

    M Costa;J B Furness;I L Gibbins

  • Substance P-like immunoreactivity in nerves associated with the vascular system of guinea-pigs

    J.B. Furness;R.E. Papka;N.G. Della;M. Costa

  • Projections and chemical coding of neurons with immunoreactivity for nitric oxide synthase in the guinea-pig small intestine

    M. Costa;J.B. Furness;S. Pompolo;S.J.H. Brookes

  • Immunohistochemical localization of polypeptides in peripheral autonomic nerves using whole mount preparations.

    M. Costa;M. Costa;R. Buffa;R. Buffa;J. B. Furness;J. B. Furness;E. Solcia;E. Solcia

  • The peristaltic reflex: An analysis of the nerve pathways and their pharmacology

    M. Costa;J. B. Furness

  • Distribution, pathways and reactions to drug treatment of nerves with neuropeptide Y- and pancreatic polypeptide-like immunoreactivity in the guinea-pig digestive tract

    J. B. Furness;M. Costa;P. C. Emson;R. Håkanson

  • Neurons with 5-hydroxytryptamine-like immunoreactivity in the enteric nervous system: Their projections in the guinea-pig small intestine

    J.B. Furness;M. Costa

  • Choline acetyltransferase- and peptide immunoreactivity of submucous neurons in the small intestine of the guinea-pig.

    J. B. Furness;M. Costa;J. R. Keast

  • Quantitative analysis of peristalsis in the guinea-pig small intestine using spatio-temporal maps.

    G. W. Hennig;M. Costa;B. N. Chen;S. J. H. Brookes

  • Enteric motor and interneuronal circuits controlling motility

    J. C. Bornstein;M. Costa;J. R. Grider

  • Distribution of certain peptide‐containing nerve fibres and endocrine cells in the gastrointestinal mucosa in five mammalian species

    J. R. Keast;J. B. Furness;M. Costa

  • Neurons with 5-hydroxytryptamine-like immunoreactivity in the enteric nervous system: their visualization and reactions to drug treatment.

    M. Costa;J.B. Furness;A.C. Cuello;A.A.J. Verhofstad

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon J.H. Brookes
Simon J.H. Brookes Flinders University
John B. Furness
John B. Furness Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Nick J. Spencer
Nick J. Spencer Flinders University
Ian L. Gibbins
Ian L. Gibbins Flinders University
Ida J. Llewellyn-Smith
Ida J. Llewellyn-Smith Flinders University
Joel C. Bornstein
Joel C. Bornstein University of Melbourne
Janet R. Keast
Janet R. Keast University of Melbourne
James C. Vickers
James C. Vickers University of Tasmania
Geoffrey Burnstock
Geoffrey Burnstock University College London
James J. Galligan
James J. Galligan Michigan State University

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