Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0343808

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0343808

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The regulation of fear and attention: From genes to the brain to behaviour. Exposure to dangerous events elicits fear concomitant with attentional processing of environmental stimuli accompanying those events. However this fear and attention are typically inhibited so that they are restricted to dangerous events or stimuli which signal them. This project studies the role of endogenous opioids in the inhibition of fear and threat-related attention. It studies opioid inhibition in terms of its consequences for gene transcription, learning, and attention. It will provide the first integrated analysis of fear inhibition, from the level of the gene to the brain to behaviour. Thus, the project will provide significant insights into the biological complexity underpinning vulnerability to anxiety and fear.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-02-2003

End Date: 31-12-2007

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $343,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Central Nervous System | Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) | Psychology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Mental health | Nervous system and disorders | Behaviour and health

Other Keywords

Behaviour and health | Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) | Central Nervous System | Mental health | Nervous system and disorders | Psychology

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