Regulation of Brain Development by members of the Fibroblast Growth Factor family

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/114129

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The brain is the most complex organ in the body. It is made up of many different types of cells broadly classified into two classes called neurons and glia. The growth of the brain from a small population of immature neuroepithelial cells to many different types of neurons and glia is controlled by small potent proteins called growth factors. We understand that many different families of growth factors are involved in the development of the brain but not how they do what they do. We are studying the members of one particular family known as the Fibroblast Growth Factor family or FGFs. We want to find out how they instruct young brain cells to grow and divide and turn into mature neurons.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2000

End Date: 01-01-2000

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $65,685.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical parasitology

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Other Keywords

CNS trauma | Cerebral ischemia | Degenerative diseases of the nervous system e.g. Alzheimers | Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptors | Fibroblast Growth Factors | Nervous system repair | Neural development/early brain development | Neural transplantation | Neuronal differentiation | Proliferation and Differentiation of Neural stem cells

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