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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...
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...
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 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...14 Nov Spinal Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Leak
...the spinal dura and the CSF leaks out. When this fluid volume is reduced, there is less fluid available to support the normally floating brain inside the skull. The resulting...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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
19 Dec Kyan’s story: The Impact of Aneurysm
...ruptured brain aneurysm when he was just fifteen years old. Over the past two years, his family, friends, and community have been grappling with this devastating loss. In the face...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...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...
19 Oct Neuromuscular Diseases Award
PROJECT SUMMARY: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune neuroinflammatory disorder of the central nervous system, characterized by significant disability. Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is a related autoimmune neuroinflammatory disorder...
19 Jan Headache and Migraine Award
...The disorder is common in westernised countries – approx 12%, and shows a marked female preponderance (~3:1). A tendency for migraine to run in families also suggests a strong genetic...11 Dec Blepharospasm
Description Benign essential blepharospasm (BEB) is a progressive neurological disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions and spasms of the eyelid muscles. It is not life-threatening It is a form of...11 Dec Tay-Sachs Disease
...Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke – USA www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-Disorders/Tay-Sachs-Disease-Information-Page National Institute of Health – USA www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001417.htm Reviewed by Dr Carolyn Ellaway, Clinical Geneticist, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Australia...
17 Mar Migraine Expert Q&A
Event Home > A live webinar recording from Brain Awareness Week Migraine is a complicated and debilitating disorder which affects an estimated 4.9 million Australians. In this webinar, Dr Catherine...
16 Oct Neuromuscular Disease
...known as X-linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA), is a rare, recessive, inherited neurodegenerative disorder which causes slowly progressive weakness and wasting of muscles. It also affects the nerves...
27 Jan Migraine Award
...use the MIFE technique to study mechanisms underlying migraine. Migraine is a complex, disabling disorder of the brain that manifests as attacks of often severe head pain with sensory sensitivity...
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