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11 Dec Motor Neurone Disease
...of Brain Foundation grant funding for research into Motor Neurone Disease – click for more. In 2022 Dr Frederick Steyn was the recipient of Brain Foundation grant funding for research...11 Dec Encephalitis
...Virtual Medical Centre National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (USA) www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/meningitis-and-encephalitis British Brain and Spine Foundation brainandspine.org.uk The Encephalitis Society (UK) www.encephalitis.info Reviewed by: Dr Matthew Kiernan, PhD, FRACP,...
28 Sep Elizabeth Penfold Simpson Award
Project summary It is now well understood that exercise provides numerous benefits to the human brain. Importantly, acute exercise has been shown to modify neuroplasticity (the ability of the brain...
31 Oct Cerebral Diseases
Project Summary: Brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are abnormalities of blood vessels, in which direct connections form between arteries and veins. The high-pressure arterial blood injects into fragile cerebral veins and...
11 Feb Paediatric Neurology Award
...disease such as multiple sclerosis (MS). In young children however, monophasic brain demyelination is common (named acute disseminated encephalomyelitis-ADEM). Patients with ADEM usually have sudden onset post-infectious brain disease with...11 Dec Friedreich’s Ataxia
...Australia fara.org.au Friedreich Ataxia Research Alliance – USA curefa.org National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke – USA www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/friedreich-ataxia Reviewed by Dr Dominic Rowe, Neurologist, Royal North Shore Hospital, Australia...11 Dec Familial Dysautonomia
...the age of 30. Further Information and Support Click here for the latest Australian research papers on Dysautonomia. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-Disorders/Dysautonomia-Information-Page Dysautonomia Foundation – USA...
31 Oct Chronic Headache and Migraine
...of a biomarker of headache. Migraine is the most prevalent disabling neurological disorder and has a major impact on health resources. Prevalence of migraine is more common than asthma and...
19 Oct Neurodegenerative Diseases Award
PROJECT SUMMARY: Huntington’s disease (HD) is a fatal disorder involving psychiatric symptoms, dementia and uncontrollable movements. The disease is caused by a ‘genetic stutter’ in a single stretch of repeated...
19 Jan Cervical Dystonia Award
PROJECT SUMMARY: Recent evidence supports a role for the cerebellum in the pathogenesis of dystonia. Cervical dystonia is a debilitating, painful neurological disorder that is known to reduce quality of...
16 Oct Neuromuscular Disease
...known as X-linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA), is a rare, recessive, inherited neurodegenerative disorder which causes slowly progressive weakness and wasting of muscles. It also affects the nerves...
15 Jan Epilepsy Award
PROJECT SUMMARY: Epilepsy is a common, immensely disruptive and occasionally fatal disorder affecting about one percent of the population. Drug therapy will prevent seizures in about 70% of patients, but...
27 Jan Migraine Award
...use the MIFE technique to study mechanisms underlying migraine. Migraine is a complex, disabling disorder of the brain that manifests as attacks of often severe head pain with sensory sensitivity...10 Feb Alzheimer’s Award
...in the chemical biology of neurodegenerative diseases, especially the discovery of drugs and drug targets for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). AD is the most common neurodegenerative disorder and...11 Dec Trigeminal Neuralgia
...1756 Information contact – Members@tnaaustralia.org.au www.tnaaustralia.org.au National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke – USA https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-Disorders/Trigeminal-Neuralgia-Information-Page Trigeminal Neuralgia Association (USA) www.tna-support.org Reviewed by Professor James Lance, AO, CBE, Neurologist...
11 Feb Stroke Award
...Hospital, Brain and Mental Health Priority Research Centre, University of Newcastle (A/Prof Greg Carter). The 2008 Brain Foundation Grant will be invaluable in supporting the costs of running this study....
20 Jan Neurodegenerative Diseases
...how to treat Alzheimer’s disease is that the brain of animal models is a particularly poor substitute for the complexity of the human brain. Recently, with the advent of stem...
25 Jan Epilepsy Award
...bridged because there is a pressing need for better, non-invasive ways of locating the source of the seizure in the brain of the sufferer. Our pilot study will examine the...
25 Jan Motor Neurone Disease Award
...changes are most likely to occur in MND. Second, the underlying brain changes associated with the behavioural disturbances are identified via brain imaging techniques to help clinicians identifying patients that...
19 Oct Chronic Headache & Migraine Award
...by high pressure of the fluid that surrounds the brain. Current therapies are aimed at addressing this either with medication or surgery. In recent years the role of the veins...
20 Jan Cerebral Diseases
...developments in brain stimulation paired with neuroimaging technology, to address the neural underpinnings of improved language functions in post-stroke aphasia induced by tDCS. This will be accomplished in a placebo...
19 Jan Stroke Award
...the growing evidence for conventional post-stroke therapies, it is likely that Wii-based Movement Therapy similarly promotes recovery through brain ‘reorganisation’. In this study we will quantify brain reorganisation and identify...
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