Investigating the cause and consequences of iron deposition in Parkinson's disease

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1100441

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

It is known that iron elevation occurs in the brain in Parkinson’s disease. This might cause cell death by ‘rusting’. It is not known (1) how iron accumulates in the disease, (2) whether iron accumulation contributes to the worsening of the disease and (3) if lowering iron with a drug would improve symptoms. We plan to address these questions using a clinical cohort of patients, and laboratory animal models.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2016

End Date: 01-01-2018

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $459,347.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Parkinson disease | animal model | drug | iron | nitric oxide

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