Alan J. Burns

Mutation of the proto‐oncogene c‐kit blocks development of interstitial cells and electrical rhythmicity in murine intestine.

Sean M. Ward, Alan J. Burns, Shigeko Torihashi et al. · The Journal of Physiology · 1994 · 815 citations

Life Sciences, Developmental Biology, Genetics +14

Interstitial cells of Cajal mediate inhibitory neurotransmission in the stomach.

Alan J. Burns, Alan Lomax, Shigeko Torihashi et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1996 · 520 citations · Full text

Medicine, Anatomy, Neurobiology +17

The sacral neural crest contributes neurons and glia to the post-umbilical gut: spatiotemporal analysis of the development of the enteric nervous system

Alan J. Burns, Nicole M. Le Douarin · Development · 1998 · 352 citations

Life Sciences, Developmental Biology, Neuroscience +17

Mutations in lectin complement pathway genes COLEC11 and MASP1 cause 3MC syndrome

Caroline Rooryck, Anna Dı́az-Font, Daniel P. S. Osborn et al. · Nature Genetics · 2011 · 263 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +12

The enteric nervous system

Valentina Sasselli, Vassilis Pachnis, Alan J. Burns · Developmental Biology · 2012 · 262 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +12