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21 Jan Registration Confirmed
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31 Jan Margot’s story: Living with Dystonia
...a neurologist. The neurologist finally diagnosed me with cervical dystonia, an involuntary movement disorder caused by incorrect signals from the brain. This was a great relief to know what was...
09 Dec PARKINSON’S DISEASE
...that contribute to the disease. A major contributor to the spread of Parkinson’s disease throughout the brain is the transmission of an abnormally folded protein called alpha synuclein from brain...11 Dec Tuberous Sclerosis
...organs, including the skin, kidneys, heart, liver and lungs. These growths begin to form in the brain prior to birth and can interfere with brain functioning. They can cause seizures,...
08 Dec NEURO-TRAUMA
...use of NiBS is thought to promote the functional reorganisation of local and diffuse patterns of communications between brain regions (i.e. stimulation promotes better whole-brain connectivity). Such brain stimulation methods...
26 Jan Stroke Award
...of important chemicals within the brain which help new brain cells to grow and survive and increased activation of certain parts of the brain. This grant from the Brain Foundation...
01 Nov Parkinson’s Disease
...cells into stem cells, and stem cells into brain cells. We will generate live human brain tissue that we will study extensively in the laboratory. We will compare the brain...
27 Jun Finding a neurologist in regional Australia
...Of course, it isn’t always possible to plan ahead. Brain diseases, disorders and injuries can occur in many different ways – sometimes they develop over a long period of time,...
20 Jan Brain Tumours
...support of The Brain Foundation. We will undertake a detailed needs assessment survey of hundreds of people with brain tumours through The Royal Melbourne Hospital, linking it to quality of...
16 Jan Traumatic Brain Injury Award
PROJECT SUMMARY: Victims of traumatic brain injury often lose much blood resulting in dangerously low levels of oxygen reaching the brain. Optimal transfusion and subsequent oxygenation of the brain are...21 Jan Vegetative State
...(Ted) Freeman (1987) The Catastrophe of Coma. Publisher: David Bateman Information Brain Injury Australia www.braininjuryaustralia.org.au Synapse – Australia’s Brain Injury Organisation Address: Level 1/262 Montague Road, West End QLD 4101...18 Jan Minimally Conscious State
...the brain which carers of those with brain injury may find helpful. Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Norman Doidge’s books; ‘The Brain’s Way of Healing’ and ‘The Brain that Changes Itself’. Also,...11 Dec Hydrocephalus
...The fluid flows through the four cavities (ventricles) in the brain, through the small openings (cisterns) at the base of the brain, bathes the surface of the brain and spinal...11 Dec Sydenham’s Chorea
...latest Australian research papers on Sydenham’s Chorea. International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society https://www.movementdisorders.org/MDS/About/Movement-Disorder-Overviews/Chorea–Huntingtons-Disease.htm National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-Disorders/Sydenham-Chorea-Information-Page Reviewed by Associate Professor James Colebatch...11 Dec Prader-Willi Syndrome
...the brain is damaged through injury or surgery. The disorder occurs in 1 in 12,000 – 15,000 births, in both sexes and all races. The name of the syndrome is...11 Dec Tourette Syndrome
...Syndrome Association – USA www.tsa-usa.org National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke – USA www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/tourette-syndrome Worldwide Education & Awareness for Movement Disorders (WE MOVE) – USA www.wemove.org Reviewed February...
19 Jan Cerebral Palsy Award
PROJECT SUMMARY: Cerebral palsy is a developmental disorder affecting movement and posture and is the result of white matter brain damage occurring before birth or early in life. It affects...11 Dec Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome
...tumours. Untreated, VHL may result in blindness and/or permanent brain damage. With early detection and treatment the prognosis is significantly improved. Death is usually caused by complications of brain tumours...
16 Oct Neuro-trauma
...in a large number of well-characterised cases collected through the Sydney Brain Bank. Brain donors are recruited through longitudinal, prospective brain donor programs with an interest in ageing and neurodegeneration....
26 Oct Concussion & Traumatic Brain Injury
...more severe neurological disorder characterised by scarring, remodelling and plaque formation within the brain. Despite this, a clear understanding of how CTE develops from rmTBI is yet to be conclusively...
09 Dec ALZHEIMER’S AND OTHER NEURO DEGENERATIVE DISEASES
...shown that a brain functional change called hyperexcitability is an early and reliable diagnostic marker of ALS. My next study was aimed at assessing regional differences in brain hyperexcitability which...
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.