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20 Jan Elizabeth Penfold Simpson Award
...cells was not to replace the neurons that died in the brain following the stroke, but it was other effects, such as factors that the cells secrete in the brain...25 Jan Migraine Award
...brain, but the controls for that circuitry are higher up- in the cerebral cortex, the conscious part of the brain. When a migraineur encounters one of her trigger factors, some...
25 Jan Epilepsy Award
Project Summary: Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy is the most common form of adult-onset epilepsy, and patients unresponsive to drug treatments for epilepsy may require surgical removal of brain tissue to...
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 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...
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...
09 Dec ALZHEIMER’S AND OTHER NEURO DEGENERATIVE DISEASES
...have greater rates of brain volume loss with aging, but it is not known which patients will develop dementia over time, and which factors will predict cognitive impairment in these...
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....
16 Oct Cerebral Diseases
...of the funding provided by the Brain Foundation. Project Summary Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) is a common feature of the ageing brain, associated with up to 45% increased dementia...
16 Oct Cerebral Diseases
...of the funding provided by the Brain Foundation. Project Summary: Our goal is to develop new ways to treat a blood vessel disorder that occurs in the brain called arteriovenous...
23 May Remembering Tyler James Osmond
...tragic loss. Brain diseases, disorders and injuries can strike any person, at any time. While research has helped improve diagnoses, treatments, and patient outcomes, many conditions can still strike unexpectedly...
02 Feb Living with Locked-in Syndrome
Locked-in Syndrome (LiS) is a rare neurological disorder usually resulting from a lesion to a region of the brainstem called the pons. It can also be caused by a stroke,...
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...23 Nov Share your story
Are you living with a brain disease, disorder, or injury? Share your story to help raise awareness for these important conditions. When it comes to brain disease, a list of...
26 Oct Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias
...of the most sensitive and powerful methods of examining the molecular state of the brain. We will dissect how each of the brain’s many different cell types are altered in...
01 Nov ALZHEIMER’S & OTHER NEURO-DEGENERATIVE DISEASES
...before clinical presentation, at a point when the minimum disruption to the brain has occurred. One of the greatest challenges in clinical neurology therefore is to identify individuals most at...
08 Nov Paediatric Neurology
...been proposed as etiological factors for these disorders. Current treatment is mainly symptomatic directed against psychological strategies and psychotropic medications to correct neurochemistry in the brain. Over the last ten...
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...
31 Oct Parkinson’s Disease
...brain cells. However, this disease is not homogeneous but encompasses a wide spectrum of clinical and other pathological manifestations, some with specific underlying genetic and/or non-genetic causes. A number of...11 Dec Encephalitis
(See also Meningitis) Description Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain, usually caused by a viral infection. Although rare, it is potentially life-threatening, and may lead to permanent brain damage...20 Sep Ménière’s Disease
...hydrops (2). Normally, the flow of endolymph in the inner ear helps your brain understand how your head and body are positioned. When you move your head, the endolymph flows...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...14 Feb Parkinson’s Disease
...that normally produce dopamine in the brain gradually die. The death of these cells leads to abnormally low levels of dopamine, a chemical which helps relay messages between areas of...
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