Primary Recipient

TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Amount

$708,808.00

Award Date

9/20/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

The basis of the competitive revision was our previously obtained evidence that neurogenic stem cells in the adult bowel contribute to the enteric nervous system (ENS). 5-HT4 agonists and mucosal inflmmation mobilize these stem cells to give rise to new