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11 Feb Neurodegenerative Diseases Award
Project Summary: Prion diseases are a group of degenerative brain diseases affecting both humans and animals. The disease can be hereditary, with human examples including Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome, fatal familial insomnia,...16 Apr Regular Giving
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14 Jan Parkinson’s Disease Award
PROJECT SUMMARY: Deep Brain Stimulation of the subthalamic region is an effective treatment for advanced Parkinson’s Disease but the exact best part of this area to stimulate is uncertain. Our...
15 Jan Dystonia Award
...a therapeutic approach for the rehabilitation of movement disorders. Noninvasive brain stimulation has the potential for translation into clinical the clinical setting however, further systematic investigation is required to understand...
20 Jan Neuro-trauma Award
PROJECT SUMMARY: Traumatic brain injury is a major health care burden world-wide. Approximately 108-332 case of head injury per 100,000 population are admitted to hospital each year. Of those with...11 Dec Huntington’s Disease
...Middle Ages. Also known as Huntington’s chorea. Chorea is derived from the Greek word for dance and describes uncontrolled body movement. HD is an inherited disease of the brain that...
20 Jan Neurodegenerative Diseases
...neurodegenerative disorders. Thus, something must be going wrong with α-synuclein, but it has been difficult to determine its role in PD because aspects of its normal function in nerve cells...27 Jan Parkinson’s Disease Award
...testing paradigm accurately reflect FOG behaviour recorded in patients in their home environment, we will be able to utilise this paradigm in future functional brain scanning experiments. The results of...10 Feb Migraine Award
...eye – parasympathetic neurons in the sphenopalatine ganglion. In terms of the project currently funded by the Brain Foundation, we plan to further investigate the connectivity and control of these...11 Feb Spinal Cord Research Award
Spinal Cord Research Award funded by Marjorie Grace Lawn Estate Hydrocephalus and the role of brain water channels. Dr Brian Owler Neurosurgeon Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Discipline of Paediatrics and...11 Feb Neuro-trauma Award
Neuro-trauma Award funded by Robert W Harvey, Allen & Patricia Ellen Coulson Estate Neck artery trauma and microclots to the brain. Associate Professor Richard Gerraty Alfred Hospital, Monash University Co-Investigators:...
20 Jan Neurodegenerative Diseases
...processes in the brain, but the best available techniques are labour intensive and require highly skilled technicians to manually trace target brain structures using the operator’s expert knowledge of neuroanatomy....10 Dec In Memoriam
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31 Oct Higher Cortical Function
...Synaesthesia is intrinsically linked to neural hyperconnectivity and developmental neural plasticity this study may hold benefits in other areas of rehabilitation, for example stroke recovery and brain training. Progress Report...
31 Oct Neuro-Trauma
...harness the brains capacity for plasticity to optimise functional outcome. The use of music therapy as a non-invasive intervention to improve recovery of movement following neurological injury is gaining momentum....02 Sep Contact Us
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PROJECT ABSTRACT: Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a noninvasive brain stimulation technique that has potential for clinical utility in neurorehabilitation. However, recent evidence indicates that the responses to tDCS...
09 Dec CEREBRAL DISEASES
Watch Dr Marcus Stoodley accept the research grant award on behalf of Zhenjun Zhao and hear a bit about the project. PROJECT SUMMARY: Brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are abnormalities of...
09 Dec ALZHEIMER’S AND OTHER NEURO DEGENERATIVE DISEASES
...diagnosis, disease monitoring, and assessment of response to therapeutic treatment – none of which currently exist for ALS patients. RESEARCH OUTCOME: Thanks to initial funding support from the Brain Foundation,...
21 Oct Elizabeth Penfold Simpson Award
...need for therapies that directly target the mechanisms of edema genesis. Neurogenic inflammation, mediated by substance P (SP) binding to the tachykinin NK1 receptor (NK1-r), is associated with blood-brain barrier...03 Apr Applying for Research Funding
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23 Oct Neuromuscular Disease
...certain nerve disorders. As blood flow changes with inflammation, study of these changes may help improve our understanding of immune mediated demyelinating nerve disorders. The aim of this study is...
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