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19 Jan Brain Injury Award
PROJECT SUMMARY: Participation in sport is an extremely popular activity among individuals of all ages. While there are considerable benefits to engaging in sporting activities, one of the potential consequences...
19 Jan Cerebral Metastases Award
PROJECT SUMMARY: Melanoma is one of the deadliest tumours known to humans with the highest propensity of all primary cancers to metastasize to the brain. Despite recent advances in targeted...
19 Jan Parkinson’s Disease Award
...refractory to treatment including medication and conventional forms of deep brain stimulation. Deep brain stimulation is a rapidly evolving therapy, where electrical stimulation is applied to specific brain regions via...
15 Jan Paediatric Neurology Award
...evidence of brain injury, including stroke, on brain scans and at least another third have evidence of new brain injury after surgery. Children with heart disease are the most important...
27 Jan Parkinson’s Disease Award
Project Summary: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is caused by degeneration of dopamine-releasing (dopaminergic) neuronal circuits in the brain. Treatment involves dopaminergic medications, but the effectiveness of these medications is drastically limited...
19 Dec Kyan’s story: The Impact of Aneurysm
...ruptured brain aneurysm when he was just fifteen years old. Over the past two years, his family, friends, and community have been grappling with this devastating loss. In the face...11 Dec Tay-Sachs Disease
...Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke – USA www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-Disorders/Tay-Sachs-Disease-Information-Page National Institute of Health – USA www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001417.htm Reviewed by Dr Carolyn Ellaway, Clinical Geneticist, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Australia...
19 Jan Headache and Migraine Award
...The disorder is common in westernised countries – approx 12%, and shows a marked female preponderance (~3:1). A tendency for migraine to run in families also suggests a strong genetic...
19 Oct Neuromuscular Diseases Award
PROJECT SUMMARY: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune neuroinflammatory disorder of the central nervous system, characterized by significant disability. Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is a related autoimmune neuroinflammatory disorder...11 Dec Blepharospasm
Description Benign essential blepharospasm (BEB) is a progressive neurological disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions and spasms of the eyelid muscles. It is not life-threatening It is a form of...17 Mar Migraine Expert Q&A
Event Home > A live webinar recording from Brain Awareness Week Migraine is a complicated and debilitating disorder which affects an estimated 4.9 million Australians. In this webinar, Dr Catherine...
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...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 Aug 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...
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...
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...
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...
26 Oct Multiple Sclerosis & other Inflammatory Diseases
Watch Dr Jessica Fletcher accept the research grant award and hear a bit about the project. Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a complex disease, involving the immune system and brain, with...12 Mar Understanding Dementia: Recognising Signs, Providing Support
Event Home > A live webinar recording from Brain Awareness Week Dementia is one of the most prevalent neurological diseases in Australia. In this presentation you will learn practical information...
31 Oct MND / ALS & other Neurodegenerative Diseases
...to use skin cells donated by patients and grow 3D “brain-cells-in-a-dish” or organoids, that can better represent patients’ genetics and mimic the structure, function, and interactions within the human brain...
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...
16 Oct Alzheimer’s and Other Neuro Degenerative Diseases
...in the brain and spinal cord that leads to muscle weakness, wasting, and paralysis. It is an inevitably lethal disease with a lifetime risk of ~ 1 in 400 Australians....
The Brain Foundation is dedicated to funding the next generation of Australian research into brain disorders, diseases, and injuries, with the ultimate goal of advancing diagnoses, treatments, and patient outcomes.There is no cure without research.