Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0770337

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0770337

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The cognitive neuroscience of executive control: behavioural, physiological and genetic mechanisms. How genes influence our human abilities to think, reason and control behaviour has puzzled scientists for decades. The human genome project has allowed us to ask how individual genes influence these capacities. Understanding the genetics of these abilities provides a solid platform from which to launch gene discovery projects in clinical disorders where these abilities are compromised. The current project is directly relevant to the genetics of mental disorders, such as attention deficit hyperactivity (ADHD), that place a large burden, both financially and emotionally, on our society. Understanding the genes and biological pathways that increase risk for mental disorders will ultimately lead to improved treatments for these conditions.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2007

End Date: 31-12-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $319,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Psychiatry | Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) | Psychology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Mental health | Child health |

Other Keywords

Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) | Child health | Mental health | Psychiatry | Psychology

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