Marcello Costa (1940–2024)

Simon J.H. Brookes; David A. Wattchow; Nick J. Spencer; Phil G. Dinning

doi:10.1071/HR25008

Marcello Costa (1940–2024)

Simon J.H. Brookes, David A. Wattchow, Nick J. Spencer, Phil G. Dinning

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Marcello Costa (1940–2024) was a leading researcher in neuroscience. He was a lecturer in the School of Medicine at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia for forty-seven years; during this time his research concentrated on the autonomic nervous system, particularly the gastrointestinal tract and the control of motility. He published many multi-disciplinary studies based on a wide range of highly innovative methods. He played a key role in defining the roles of neuropeptides, in devising methods to characterise different classes of nerve cells, and in the quantitative analysis of intestinal motility. He was also a humanist and a passionate advocate for public education in science.

Original language	English
Article number	HR25008
Number of pages	13
Journal	Historical Records of Australian Science
Volume	36
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1071/HR25008
Publication status	Published - 16 Sept 2025

Keywords

autonomic nervous system
enteric nervous system
gastrointestinal motility
immunohistochemistry
intestinal physiology
neuropeptides
neuroscience
smooth muscle

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