Detecting Biomarkers of Brain Health in Dementia

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1136913

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Nerve cells communicate with each other through nerve processes or neurites. The dysfunction of neurites results in the clinical symptoms of dementia such as cognitive decline. Currently we cannot directly monitor degeneration of neurites in the living brain and therefore it is difficult to determine whether therapeutic agents are protective. My goal is to develop a detection system in the blood that will allow us to monitor these changes during disease progression and therapeutic intervention.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2018

End Date: 01-01-2021

Funding Scheme: Targeted Calls

Funding Amount: $720,144.00

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

axonal degeneration | biomarkers | dementia | neurodegeneration | synapse

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