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09 Sep Neurodegenerative Diseases
PROJECT SUMMARY: Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a devastating disease affecting primarily the frontal and temporal part of the brain. It is the second most common form of dementia in people...21 May Membership
Become a Member of the Brain Foundation We encourage everyone to become members of the Brain Foundation. Please support us to do more for clinical neuroscientific research. Annual membership is...11 Dec Multiple System Atrophy
DESCRIPTION Multiple System Atrophy (or Shy-Drager Syndrome) (SDS) (MSA) is a a rare degenerative condition resulting from degeneration of certain nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. Body functions...11 Dec Dementia (Non-Alzheimer type)
...Information National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke(USA) ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-Disorders/Multi-Infarct-Dementia-Information-Page ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-Disorders/Dementia-Lewy-Bodies-Information-Page ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-Disorders/Dementia-Information-Page Better Health Channel (Topics) betterhealth.vic.gov.au Mental Health Association NSW wayahead.org.au Support Carers Australia carersaustralia.com.au Dementia Australia dementia.org.au Free...11 Dec Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Description Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) is a rare neurodegenerative brain disease in humans. CJD is the most common human form of a group of diseases that affects humans and animals known...
20 Jan Neurodegenerative Diseases
...how to treat Alzheimer’s disease is that the brain of animal models is a particularly poor substitute for the complexity of the human brain. Recently, with the advent of stem...11 Dec Transverse Myelitis
Transverse Myelitis Description Transverse myelitis is an inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord leading to loss of muscle power, sensory symptoms (pins and needles) and bladder and bowel dysfunction. It...11 Dec Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
Description Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is a neurological disorder that results in slowly progressive weakness and loss of feeling in the legs and arms. It is caused by the...11 Dec Down Syndrome
Description Down Syndrome is a birth disorder in which the baby has an extra copy of chromosome 21. The chances of giving birth to a baby with Down Syndrome increase...11 Dec Myasthenia Gravis
...is a common symptom of many other disorders, the diagnosis is often missed in people who experience only mild weakness or in those whose weakness is restricted to only a...
19 Jan Whispering Dysphonia Award
The Cause of Whispering Dysphonia Chief Investigator: Professor Carolyn Sue Co-Investigators: Associate Professor Robert Wilcox and Professor Christine Klein Dystonia is a neurological movement disorder characterised by abnormal posture due...11 Feb Neuromuscular Disease Award
...a secondary result, of disease. Changes in these channels may produce the symptoms of disease and/or provide targets for treatment. Long QT syndrome is a cardiac disorder in which patients...
16 Oct Vestibular Disorders
...Aaron Camp and hear a bit about the project. Project Summary: Balance disorders such as Meniere’s disease (MD) are debilitating for sufferers, and pose a significant socio-economic burden on Australia,...
20 Jan Neuromuscular Diseases
Project Summary: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common and severe muscular dystrophy of childhood. Affecting 1 in 3,500 boys, the natural history of the disorder is characterised by...07 Aug Keeping Women in the Workforce with Migraine
The burden of migraine on women at work According to the World Health Organization (WHO), migraine attacks are the second leading cause of disability worldwide (1). At the Brain...
31 Oct Alzheimer’s and Other Neuro Degenerative Diseases
...vascular dementia may be increased in patients with OSA. However, a direct link between these two conditions has not been established. Beta-amyloid deposits (plaques) are found in the brains of...
09 Dec NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE
...samples and data. The present study is designed to address these issues by establishing an Australian biobank for paediatric peripheral nerve disorders, with an initial focus on spinal muscular atrophy...
16 Oct Alzheimer’s and other neuro degenerative diseases
...of these communication centres is a common feature in brain degeneration in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). If they lack key proteins, neurons cannot communicate effectively. This leads to memory impairment, another...
16 Oct Cerebral Diseases
...of aSAH patients go on to have a further secondary brain injury that is preventable. One of the major causes of secondary injury is vasospasm. This spontaneous constriction of cerebral...26 Aug Ways to Donate
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26 Oct Migraine & Headache
...long-term is therefore of material importance to clinicians and patients worldwide. Our preliminary research suggests that these medications may impact bone health. With the support of the Brain Foundation, we...
26 Oct Movement Disorders incl. Parkinson’s & related diseases, Dystonia, Huntington’s
...an incision-less technique, where ultrasound beams are delivered transcranially to create therapeutic lesions in highly specific locations within the brain. Its application in movement disorders and tremor is to target...
31 Oct Cerebrovascular incl. Stroke, aneurysms, AVM
Watch Dr Craig Winter accept the research grant award and hear a bit about the project. Project Summary: Brain aneurysms, or intracranial aneurysms, affect around 3.3% of the population, and...
31 Oct Elizabeth Penfold Simpson Award
...our movements in response to changes in our immediate surroundings (like trying to walk on a moving train). This age-related decline may be due to changes in the brain’s capacity...
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