Unravelling the neuropathological basis of the gastrointestinal manifestations of Parkinson’s Disease

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1145686

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Parkinson’s Disease occurs in about 1% of the population. It is a distressing, progressive disease that places a severe burden on patients, families and carers. 80-90% of Parkinson’s Disease patients have constipation which causes substantial distress to patients, their families and carers. We have a rational path to therapy for constipation of Parkinson’s Disease that will be pursued in this project

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2018

End Date: 01-01-2021

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $822,957.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Autonomic Nervous System

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Parkinson disease | autonomic dysfunction | colonic motility | enteric nervous system | spinal cord

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