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14 Jan Friedreich Ataxia Award
PROJECT SUMMARY: Friedreich’s Ataxia (FA) is an inherited disorder that results in progressive degeneration of the nervous system and heart. The onset of symptoms of this debilitating condition occur in...26 Jan Parkinson’s Disease Award
PROJECT SUMMARY: Parkinson’s disease is a common progressive neurodegenerative disorder, which is primarily diagnosed on the basis of clinical features and response to dopaminergic therapy. In the early stages of...11 Dec Essential Tremor
...National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (US) ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-Disorders/Tremor-Information-Page International Essential Tremor Foundation www.essentialtremor.org Reviewed by Dr Victor Fung, MB BS (Hons) PhD FRACP, Director, Movement Disorders Unit, Department of...
31 Oct Alzheimer’s Disease & other dementias
...and disrupts normal brain communication leading to cognitive decline and brain cell loss is currently unknown. For the first time, we will harness state-of-the-art single molecule super-resolution microscopy to track...
19 Oct Neuro-trauma Award
PROJECT SUMMARY: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes more deaths in Australians under 45 years of age than any other cause, with survivors often left with serious neurologic deficits. The World...
31 Oct Alzheimer’s and Other Neuro Degenerative Diseases
...changes, such as cholesterol and insulin levels and eating behavior which could modify the progression of several neurodegenerative diseases. My research uses brain imaging, pathology, and novel techniques from obesity...
31 Oct Cerebral Diseases
...attention to the space opposite of their brain lesion and severe forms of neglect lead to numerous debilitating behaviours. For example, patients with right brain damage may collide with obstacles...
08 Nov Dawn Wallace Fellowship
...motor neurons (nerve cells in the motor cortex of the brain) and lower motor neurons (nerve cells in the spinal cord) of several body regions. Diagnosis of ALS is delayed...29 May Elizabeth Penfold Simpson Prize
...contact the Brain Foundation by phone on 1300 886 660 or email our Grants Program Manager, Anniek Grundy, at anniek@brainfoundation.org.au to be sure that your application has been received. ...
08 Dec NEURO-TRAUMA
...of the funding provided by the Brain Foundation. PROJECT SUMMARY: Effect of respiration and pathways of fluid flow in spinal cord cysts Traumatic spinal cord injury is a devastating condition...
16 Oct Alzheimer’s and Other Neuro Degenerative Diseases
...molecular changes we see in these brains may not represent the initial stresses that caused AD. To identify these causative factors, we must examine young, pre-disease brains. To do this...
30 Oct Neuromuscular incl. Muscular Dystrophies, Myopathies & Neuropathies
...damage contributes to brain decline and to identify at-risk patients sooner. Early detection enables timely interventions to protect nerves and brain, preventing serious complications such as falls, severe cognitive decline,...
24 Jan Living with an invisible disability
...Brain Foundation: Can you tell us a bit about your story and how you were diagnosed with epilepsy & Chiari malformation? Andrea Nunn: I wasn’t born with epilepsy but developed...
30 Oct Paediatric Neurology
“One of the big challenges with focal cortical dysplasia is that they're very difficult to diagnose on MRI brain scans, and are missed around 50% of the time. My project...
26 Sep Remembering Brian Johnston
...degenerative disease which involves the gradual deterioration of specific parts of the brain. It affects balance, difficulty moving the eyes, cognitive function and eventually and complete slowing down of any...
25 Jan Epilepsy Award
...bridged because there is a pressing need for better, non-invasive ways of locating the source of the seizure in the brain of the sufferer. Our pilot study will examine the...
26 Oct Cerebrovascular incl. Stroke, Aneurysms, AVM
Watch Dr Arosha Dissanayake accept the research grant award and hear a bit about the project. Project Summary: Each year approximately 1 in 12 Australians who suffer brain bleeding from...
12 Jun Rebecca’s story: The Impact of Acoustic Neuroma
Acoustic neuroma is a type of benign brain tumour that grows on the nerve connecting the inner ear to the brain. It can affect your hearing and balance, causing symptoms...11 Feb Stroke Award
...Hospital, Brain and Mental Health Priority Research Centre, University of Newcastle (A/Prof Greg Carter). The 2008 Brain Foundation Grant will be invaluable in supporting the costs of running this study....
19 Oct Chronic Headache & Migraine Award
...by high pressure of the fluid that surrounds the brain. Current therapies are aimed at addressing this either with medication or surgery. In recent years the role of the veins...
25 Jan Motor Neurone Disease Award
...changes are most likely to occur in MND. Second, the underlying brain changes associated with the behavioural disturbances are identified via brain imaging techniques to help clinicians identifying patients that...
20 Jan Cerebral Diseases
...developments in brain stimulation paired with neuroimaging technology, to address the neural underpinnings of improved language functions in post-stroke aphasia induced by tDCS. This will be accomplished in a placebo...
19 Jan Stroke Award
...the growing evidence for conventional post-stroke therapies, it is likely that Wii-based Movement Therapy similarly promotes recovery through brain ‘reorganisation’. In this study we will quantify brain reorganisation and identify...
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