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19 Oct Neuro-trauma Award
...adults worldwide. Neuroprotective treatments to reduce brain damage associated with TBI are currently lacking, which makes developing effective treatments of paramount importance. Any treatment that minimises brain injury associated with...
09 Dec NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE
...of the funding provided by the Brain Foundation. PROJECT SUMMARY: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory and neurodegenerative disease affecting the brain and spinal cord. There are over 25,000 Australians...
27 Jan Brain Tumour Award
Project Summary: Brain tumours are the leading cause of cancer related death and disability in children. The Royal Children’s Cancer research laboratory is focused on improving our understanding of medulloblastoma,...
16 Oct Brain Tumours
...blood markers that can differentiate between patients with brain tumours and healthy controls with over 99% accuracy. We plan to validate this panel during the monitoring of patients with brain...
16 Oct Neural Infections
...well as neuropsychiatric disorders. Notably, T. gondii infection also results in inflammation in the brain. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and stroke are common forms of brain injury that affect millions...
20 Jan Cerebral Diseases
...accommodate the swollen brain and although life saving, it is highly invasive and potentially risky. As a result, alternate treatments for brain swelling that address the cause of the swelling...
31 Oct Brain Tumour incl. Acoustic Neuroma
...Thank you to the donors and Brain Foundation for supporting this research. Previous research In 2022, A/Prof Rebecca Lim received a Brain Foundation Research Grant for the project ‘Target therapies...
26 Oct Multiple Sclerosis & other Inflammatory Diseases
...mistakenly attacks the small blood vessels of the brain, cochlea of the ear, and the retina of the eye causing brain damage and hearing and visual loss. Early corticosteroid treatment...11 Dec Muscular Dystrophy
...and Stroke – USA https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-Disorders/Muscular-Dystrophy-Information-Page Reviewed by Professor Kathryn North, MD, FRACP, Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney and Head, Neurogenetics Research...
15 Apr Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension – Hayley’s Story
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a disorder caused by increased pressure inside the skull, causing symptoms such as headaches and vision changes. This happens when there is a build-up of...
01 Nov ALZHEIMER’S & OTHER NEURO-DEGENERATIVE DISEASES
...orbitofrontal brain regions. Similarly, in PPA patients, language disturbances are correlated with neurodegeneration of the language-dominant hemisphere. However, brain imaging (MRI) may appear normal in these early stages of disease....10 Dec Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
See also Motor Neuron Disease Description Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a degenerative disorder of specific nerve cells of the spinal cord, brain stem...
19 Oct Cerebral Diseases Award
PROJECT SUMMARY: For the brain to stay healthy, the blood vessels in the brain need to supply it with oxygen and nutrients and remove waste products. In stroke, the blood...
31 Oct Alzheimer’s and Other Neuro Degenerative Diseases
...is one such potential trigger. We, and others, have shown high fat diet can lead to brain inflammation with priming of the brain’s immune cells to be more reactive to...
19 Oct Brain Tumour Award
PROJECT SUMMARY: In Australia, brain cancer is the leading cause of cancer-associated death for adults under the age of 40 and children under the age of 10, with one person...
25 Jan Neuro Trauma Award
...can develop effective strategies to promote functional recovery. Until recently the predominant method for studying brain injury was to examine brain tissue harvested post-mortem from experimental animal models or human...
31 Oct Brain Tumours
Project Summary: As a neurosurgical trainee at the Royal Melbourne Hosptial, Dr Mitchell manages the care of patients with brain cancer. Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common, and most...
07 Nov Cerebral Diseases
...the nervous system. Excessive glutamate activity in the brain has been implicated in several neurological disorders including epilepsy, stroke and brain injury. In particular, glutamate plays a critical role in...
26 Oct Cerebrovascular incl. Stroke, Aneurysms, AVM
...survivors by 2050. When ischaemic stroke happens, a blood vessel supplying the brain becomes blocked and cuts off oxygen supply to the brain. This causes brain tissue to die. However,...
27 Jan Stroke Award
...brain cells from “excitotoxic” injury (a form of brain injury that occurs during stroke). We intend to identify and further characterise these platelet-derived brain protective agents and explore further their...11 Feb Healthy Brain Research Award
Healthy Brain Research Award For research relating to the Brain Foundation Healthy Brain Program. NM Rothschild & Sons (Australia) Ltd Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute and Brain Foundation...11 Feb Brain Injury Award
Brain Injury Award funded by Rosemary Palmer Brown and Robert W Harvey Estates Assessment of the neuroprotective properties of the amlyoid precursor protein (AAP) following brain injury. Dr Corinna Van...
25 Jan Brain Cancer Award
...Foundation has the potential to significantly improve the clinical outcome in brain cancer patients. In addition, as the experimental work will be performed by a trainee neurosurgeon, the Brain Foundation...
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.