The Output Pathways of the Basal Ganglia

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/143553

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Parkinson's Disease is caused by injury to a group of brain cells called the Basal Ganglia. Our current ideas about how this part of the brain works is dominated by a well know theory. This theory requires that the output pathway of the basal ganglia to have a negative or inhibitory influence on its target. However there are numerous reasons why this would be unlikely, including some recent evidence from experiments in our laboratory. The purpose of this study is to undertake an extensive re examination of the output paths of the Basal Ganglia. If our suspicions are correct, it will lead to a review of the whole way in which we think the Basal Ganglia works.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2001

End Date: 01-01-2002

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $256,700.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical infection agents (incl. prions)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Anatomy of the Basal Ganglia | Electrophysiology | Histochemistry | Motor Control | Movement Disorders | Nervous System Disorders | Neuronal tracing | Parkinsons Disease

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