Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP1093968

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP1093968

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Presynaptic mechanisms of general anaesthesia in the fly brain. General anaesthesia is a routine procedure for both human and veterinary surgery and for any experimental paradigms requiring immobilization of animals. By abolishing consciousness, these drugs provide practitioners with an ideal way of manipulating subjects under conditions when responsiveness might be undesirable. Understanding how manipulating synaptic release mechanisms might modulate anaesthetic potency will be valuable for eventually being able to better control the anaesthetized state in human and animal subjects. By understanding general anaesthesia across multiple levels of brain function, we will at the same time be answering fundamental questions pertaining to mechanisms of perception and awareness.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2010

End Date: 31-12-2013

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $415,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Central Nervous System | Clinical Sciences | Sensory Processes, Perception And Performance | Anaesthesiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Mental health | Nervous system and disorders | Behavioural and cognitive sciences |

Other Keywords

Anaesthesiology | Behavioural and cognitive sciences | Central Nervous System | Clinical Sciences | Mental health | Nervous system and disorders | Sensory Processes, Perception And Performance

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