Abi Belai

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Enteric nervous system in health and disease

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BSc, MSc, PhD, FIBMS

Autonomic Neuroscience specializing in the Enteric Nervous System
Role of Enteric Glial Cells in Health and Disease
Neuroimmune interactions in health and disease (especially IBD and IBS)
The peripheral (local) effect of leptin, and ghrelin in the regulation of obesity.
The role of cytokine receptors and glial cells and mesentry adiposites in health and disease
Cell Biology of Cancer

Neuroscience, PhD

Award Date: 11 Sep 1989

HERAG member, HE/UUK Advisory Group

2014 → …

Effect of old age on the subpopulations of enteric glial cells in human descending colon
Baidoo, N. & Belai, A., 20 Sep 2022, In: GLIA. p. 1-12 12 p., 1-12.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
The vulnerability of the human taenia coli to alterations in total collagen within the colon of the elderly
Baidoo, N., Sanger, G. J. & Belai, A., 6 Oct 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Acta histochemica. 124, 8, p. 151958
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Total collagen content and distribution is increased in human colon during advancing age
Baidoo, N., Crawley, E., Knowles, C. H., Sanger, G. J. & Belai, A., 17 Jun 2022, In: PLoS One.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Functional and anatomical deficits in visceral nociception with age: a mechanism of silent appendicitis in the elderly?
Belai, A., Nov 2019, In: Pain. 161, p. 773-786 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Natural Therapies of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease: The Case of Rutin and its Aglycone, Quercetin
Belai, A. & habtemariam, S., 2016, In: MINI-REVIEWS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY. PMID: 28117024 .
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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