Secretion of alpha-synuclein: A diagnostic marker for Parkinsons Disease and a clue to its (patho)physiology

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/508961

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

We have found that a protein, alpha-synuclein is low in people with Parkinson's Disease. We wish to see if this can be used as a diagnostic test for the condition. Alpha-Synuclein is thought to be important in causing Parkinson's Disease. We suspect that by finding out why less of this protein enters the blood stream in Parkinson's Disease, we may discover clues as to how alpha-synuclein causes problems in this condition.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2010

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $634,051.00

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

Parkinson's disease | alpha-synuclein | movement disorders | neurological disease diagnosis e.g. Parkinson's | neuronal degeneration | substantia nigra | synaptic plasticity

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