Effect of aging and mitochondrial dysfunction on the optic nerve response to pressure-induced oxidative stress

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/475603

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The risk of glaucoma, a potentially blinding disease of the optic nerve, increases exponentially with age, but the cellular mechanisms responsible are not known. We hypothesise that age-related changes in mitochondria, the energy producing part of the cell, render nerve cells prone to damage. This project will determine whether aging and mitochondrial impairment increase nerve damage and whether dietary moodifications that preserve mitochondria during aging, protect the optic nerve from damage

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2010

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $415,554.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical virology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Aging | Blindness | Glaucoma | Mitochondrial DNA | Neurodegeneration | aging | glaucoma | mitochondria | neurodegeneration | transgenic animals

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