Traumatic Brain Injury, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and the Risk of Neurodegenerative Disease: a study of tau and beta-amyloid accumulation, brain structure and function several decades after injury.

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1127007

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The study aims to better understand the association between traumatic brain injury (TBI), post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and dementia, specifically Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). The study will examine retired AFL players, road trauma victims and Vietnam veterans with advanced imaging using PET brain scans for the abnormal brain deposits typical of AD and CTE and assess the risk of later developing these diseases from head injury and PTSD.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 01-01-2019

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $1,076,860.00

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

Alzheimer disease | amyloid beta-protein | positron emission tomography (PET) | stress | traumatic brain injury (TBI)

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