Molecular and cellular mechanisms of axon guidance in the vertebrate nervous system

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/455993

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

There are, at least, two major obstacles that have to be overcome in the design of therapies to assist the repair of injured brain tissue. First, the nerve cells that are damaged have to be encouraged to regrow - typically this regrowth is inhibited in the brain; and second, this regrowth has to be directed so that the correct connections are re-established. This project will begin to unravel some of the mechanisms that nerve cells use to wire up together during development. This information can be used to assist in trying to modulate and facilitate directed regrowth following injury.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2007

End Date: 01-01-2009

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $330,735.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Cellular Nervous System

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

axon growth | axon guidance | brain development | brain disorders originating during pregnancy | brain growth | nervous system disorders

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