The final common channel: measurement of nerve excitability in epilepsy.

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1005566

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity 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 channel dysfunction.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2011

End Date: 01-01-2013

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $301,376.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Central Nervous System

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

action potential | axonal excitability | channelopathy | epilepsy | genetics | neurophysiology | peripheral nerve

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