Seeing clearly: examining the consequences of glaucoma for the human brain

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1028578

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Glaucoma is a major cause of blindness. Many people are unaware of the resulting blind region (scotoma) and fail to get an eye test, allowing the disease to progress. This project aims to see how the brain ‘fills in’ the scotoma, and the effect of different scotoma types, using vision tests, brain imaging, and behavioural methods. The results will tell us whether the region around a scotoma helps or hinders the person's remaining vision, which is critical for activities such as driving.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2016

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $439,694.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Vision Science

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

cognitive neuroscience | functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) | glaucoma | optometry | vision loss

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