Molecular Mechanisms Of Testosterone Action On Midbrain Dopamine Neuron Differentiation.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$339,739.00
Summary
Schizophrenia is characterized by psychosis, social and occupational dysfunction and cognitive deficits. Males are more often diagnosed and more severely impaired than females. Onset in males is most frequent during adolescence, a time of increasing sex hormones. We ask, how do sex hormones act on the adolescent male brain to impact the onset and symptoms of schizophrenia? The answer will allow development of gender and age-specific interventions to prevent onset or ameliorate symptoms.
The Final Common Channel: Measurement Of Nerve Excitability In Epilepsy.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$301,376.00
Summary
Epilepsy may be due to either one single genetic mutation or a combination of several gene-environment interactions, affecting how ion channels function. It is not possible to directly interrogate channels in the living human brain but, because similar channels are found in peripheral nerve, much may be learned about aberrant channel function from peripheral nerve. This project aims to measure peripheral nerve excitability in epilepsy patients, using it as a marker of the final common pathway of ....Epilepsy may be due to either one single genetic mutation or a combination of several gene-environment interactions, affecting how ion channels function. It is not possible to directly interrogate channels in the living human brain but, because similar channels are found in peripheral nerve, much may be learned about aberrant channel function from peripheral nerve. This project aims to measure peripheral nerve excitability in epilepsy patients, using it as a marker of the final common pathway of channel dysfunction.Read moreRead less
Mechanism Of Action Of A Quinazolinone In Models Of PD
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$667,548.00
Summary
By the time symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) appear, 60-70% of the cells in a crucial part of the brain called the substantia nigra have been destroyed and within a few years of diagnosis, most of the remaining cells have died. This project investigates the causes of this cell loss and a how a new class of compounds could interrupts the process. Success in achieving the aims of this proposal will add to our knowledge of the causes of neuronal death in PD