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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,...
16 Oct Neuro-trauma
...also identified increased STING mRNA expression in post-mortem human TBI brain samples, implicating activation of the STING pathway in the human brain after trauma. These data suggest inhibiting type-I IFN...20 Apr Brain Foundation’s response to COVID-19
As COVID-19 continues to spread throughout the world, the Brain Foundation, like all organisations in Australia, is greatly concerned with the impact on all Australians. Our thoughts are with you...
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...
19 Oct Neurodegenerative Diseases Award
PROJECT SUMMARY: Huntington’s disease (HD) is a fatal disorder involving psychiatric symptoms, dementia and uncontrollable movements. The disease is caused by a ‘genetic stutter’ in a single stretch of repeated...
31 Oct Chronic Headache and Migraine
...of a biomarker of headache. Migraine is the most prevalent disabling neurological disorder and has a major impact on health resources. Prevalence of migraine is more common than asthma and...06 Jan ARDOC: Australian Register of Disorders of Consciousness
Disorders of Consciousness include Coma, Vegetative State (VS), Minimally Conscious State (MCS). Whilst Locked-in Syndrome (LiS) is not a disorder of consciousness, it has been included in this register because...
19 Jan Congratulations to our 2021 Research Grant Recipients
For over 50 years, our primary objective has been to support the highest quality Australian research into brain diseases, disorders, and injuries. The events of 2020 were an unprecedented challenge,...
20 Jan Cerebral Diseases
...around the area of damage in the brain. These nerve cells take on functions of cells that were lost during the stroke. There is growing interest in producing treatments that...
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 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...
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...
20 Jan Parkinson’s Disease
...can protect the brain against the damage associated with PD and partially restore normal movement. Yet it is unclear exactly how this treatment has its protective effects. Most previous work...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...
19 Jan Cerebral Metastases Award
PROJECT SUMMARY: Melanoma is one of the deadliest tumours known to humans with the highest propensity of all primary cancers to metastasize to the brain. Despite recent advances in targeted...
19 Jan Parkinson’s Disease Award
...refractory to treatment including medication and conventional forms of deep brain stimulation. Deep brain stimulation is a rapidly evolving therapy, where electrical stimulation is applied to specific brain regions via...
15 Jan Paediatric Neurology Award
...evidence of brain injury, including stroke, on brain scans and at least another third have evidence of new brain injury after surgery. Children with heart disease are the most important...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...10 Feb Migraine Award
...in the brain- the brainstem. But the controls for that circuitry are higher up- in the cerebral cortex, the conscious part of the brain. Migraine triggers cause neurons in the...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...
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...
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...
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...
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.