Nick J. Spencer

Overview

Best Publications

• Enteric nervous system: sensory transduction, neural circuits and gastrointestinal motility

  Nick J. Spencer;Hongzhen Hu

  514
  Citations

• Extrinsic primary afferent signalling in the gut.

  Simon Jonathan Brookes;Nicholas John Spencer;Marcello Costa;Vladimir Petrovich Zagorodnyuk

  305
  Citations

• The Diverse Metabolic Roles of Peripheral Serotonin.

  Alyce M. Martin;Richard L. Young;Lex Leong;Geraint B. Rogers

  257
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• First translational consensus on terminology and definitions of colonic motility in animals and humans studied by manometric and other techniques.

  Maura Corsetti;Maura Corsetti;Marcello Costa;Gabrio Bassotti;Adil E. Bharucha

  161
  Citations

• Release of 5-Hydroxytryptamine From the Mucosa Is Not Required for the Generation or Propagation of Colonic Migrating Motor Complexes

  Damien J. Keating;Nick J. Spencer

  161
  Citations

• Insights into the mechanisms underlying colonic motor patterns.

  Nick J. Spencer;Phil G. Dinning;Phil G. Dinning;Simon J. Brookes;Marcello Costa

  151
  Citations

• Mechanosensory S-neurons rather than AH-neurons appear to generate a rhythmic motor pattern in guinea-pig distal colon

  Nicholas John Spencer;Terence K Smith

  146
  Citations

• The Mechanism and Spread of Pacemaker Activity Through Myenteric Interstitial Cells of Cajal in Human Small Intestine

  Hyun–Tai Lee;Grant W. Hennig;Neal W. Fleming;Kathleen D. Keef

  133
  Citations

• Identification of Different Types of Spinal Afferent Nerve Endings That Encode Noxious and Innocuous Stimuli in the Large Intestine Using a Novel Anterograde Tracing Technique

  Nicholas John Spencer;Melinda Kyloh;Michael D Duffield

  115
  Citations

• Spatial and temporal mapping of pacemaker activity in interstitial cells of Cajal in mouse ileum in situ

  Kyu Joo Park;Grant Hennig;Hyun-Tai Lee;Nicholas John Spencer

  115
  Citations

• Mechanisms underlying distension-evoked peristalsis in guinea pig distal colon: is there a role for enterochromaffin cells?

  Nick J. Spencer;Sarah J. Nicholas;Lucy Robinson;Melinda Kyloh

  110
  Citations

• Simultaneous intracellular recordings from longitudinal and circular muscle during the peristaltic reflex in guinea‐pig distal colon

  Nick J. Spencer;Terence K. Smith

  99
  Citations

• Spinal Afferent Innervation of the Colon and Rectum.

  Stuart M Brierley;Timothy J Hibberd;Nicholas John Spencer

  99
  Citations

• Identification of the Visceral Pain Pathway Activated by Noxious Colorectal Distension in Mice

  Melinda Kyloh;Sarah Nicholas;Vladimir P Zagorodnyuk;Simon J. H Brookes

  98
  Citations

• Does the guinea-pig ileum obey the ‘law of the intestine’?

  Nick Spencer;Michelle Walsh;Terence K. Smith

  97
  Citations

• ICC-MY coordinate smooth muscle electrical and mechanical activity in the murine small intestine

  Grant W Hennig;Nick J Spencer;Nick J Spencer;Sari Jokela-Willis;Peter O Bayguinov

  94
  Citations

• Neurogenic and myogenic motor activity in the colon of the guinea pig, mouse, rabbit, and rat.

  Marcello Costa;Kelsi N Dodds;Lucasz Wiklendt;Nicholas John Spencer

  92
  Citations

• Purinergic and cholinergic neuro-neuronal transmission underlying reflexes activated by mucosal stimulation in the isolated guinea-pig ileum.

  Nick J. Spencer;Michelle Walsh;Terence K. Smith

  91
  Citations

• Recent advances in enteric neurobiology: mechanosensitive interneurons.

  Terence smith;Nicholas Spencer;G Hennig;Eamonn Dickson

  89
  Citations

• Effects of alosetron on spontaneous migrating motor complexes in murine small and large bowel in vitro.

  Toby G. Bush;Nick J. Spencer;Niamh Watters;Kenton M. Sanders

  85
  Citations

• A rhythmic motor pattern activated by circumferential stretch in guinea-pig distal colon

  Nick J. Spencer;Grant W. Hennig;Terence K. Smith

  85
  Citations

• Migrating motor complexes do not require electrical slow waves in the mouse small intestine.

  Nicholas John Spencer;Kenton M Sanders;Terence K Smith

  84
  Citations