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26 Oct Concussion & Traumatic Brain Injury
...reliable diagnoses, patients are at higher risk of repeat injury, and worse outcomes. Objective markers of brain injury (i.e. biomarkers), can be a valuable adjunct to clinical judgement. We have...
07 Mar Remembering Kyan Armstrong
...raise awareness about aneurysm in his memory, and raise funds for aneurysm research. His uncle, Damian Armstrong, spoke to us about Kyan’s life and the impact of brain aneurysms. Brain...11 Dec Autism
...information and support Click here for the latest Australian research papers on Autism. Read more at Virtual Medical Centre Information National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-Disorders/Autism-Spectrum-Disorder-Information-Page Support Autism...11 Dec Kennedy’s Disease
...Home Reference Library National Organisation for Rare Disorders (NORD) rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/kennedy-disease National Institute of Neurological Disorders (USA) Kennedy’s Disease Page Information for people with or affected by Kennedy’s Disease – MNDA...
26 Oct Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias
...2,800 children are born with a genetic disorder which causes childhood dementia. Sanfilippo syndrome, among these genetic disorders, is particularly tragic and currently has no cure. Children born with Sanfilippo...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...14 Feb Parkinson’s Disease
...phone (1800 022 222), available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Funded by the governments of Australia. www.healthdirect.gov.au National Institutes of Health – USA https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-Disorders/Parkinsons-Disease-Information-Page Michael J Fox...
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...
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...
20 Jan Parkinson’s Disease
PROJECT SUMMARY: Many of the debilitating symptoms of attention deficit and hyperactive disorder, schizophrenia and drug addiction are caused by abnormal increases or decreases in the amount of a neurochemical...10 Dec Acoustic Neuroma
...here for the latest Australian research papers on Acoustic neuroma. Information National Institute on Deafness amd other Communication Disorders www.nidcd.nih.gov Vestibular Disorders Association www.vestibular.org Better Health Channel www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au Support Acoustic...08 Dec NEURO-TRAUMA
...primary insult is irreversible, however, the secondary injury is a driven largely by the ensuing inflammation that causes further cell death in the brain and adversely affects brain function. Importantly,...
26 Oct Cerebrovascular incl. Stroke, aneurysms, AVM
...the brain bulges out, often leading the vessel to rupture and blood to leak into the brain and the subarachnoid space (vascularised space between the brain and the skull). This...
27 Oct Other (Syringomyelia)
...enters the spinal cord and brain where it probably helps to maintain a constant biochemical environment for precise function of brain and spinal cord cells. Despite the critical role of...
16 Oct Neural Infections
...therapeutic targets for drug development. Zika virus causes brain damage mainly by targeting a type of immature brain cells called neural progenitor cells (NPCs), which divide and mature to form...
16 Oct Cerebral Diseases
...Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A). However, we have shown that in a number of neurodegenerative diseases, like traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and epilepsy, PP2A dysfunction and tau its hyperphosphorylated. This...
16 Oct Cerebral Diseases
...remove these clots and restore blood flow to the brain, to prevent extensive and permanent damage to brain tissue. “Clot-busting” drugs that dissolve the blood clot (rtPA) are currently used...
31 Oct Cerebral Diseases
...the CCM lesion to be in a respectable part of the brain. Due to CCM lesions presenting in variable size, number and locations in the brain, surgical removal is often...23 May Big Trivia
...to raise money for brain research than by challenging your brain! Thank you to Aspen and Allergan for their support, and to PR Consultant Kate Dorrell for her pro-bono time...10 Dec Alzheimer’s Disease
...In 2019 A/Professor Peter Noakes was the recipient of Brain Foundation grant funding into Alzheimer’s – click for more. In 2018 A/Professor Amy Brodtmann was the recipient of Brain Foundation...
31 Oct Alzheimer’s and Other Neuro Degenerative Diseases
...proteins in the brain leads to loss of brain cells, thus causing a decline in memory and thinking, and as the disease progresses, a loss of self-care. Currently, there is...
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