Motor neurone disease - pathophysiological insights into the site of origin and patterns of neurodegeneration.

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/510233

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Motor neurone disease (MND) kills one Australian per day and is characterised by progressive loss of the corticospinal tract, that controls all voluntary movements. The present project will investigate where MND begins and document how the loss of nerves within the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves evolves. In addition to providing information about prognosis, new quantifiable measures will be developed to objectively monitor patients in future treatment and prevention trials.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2010

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $309,361.00

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

motor neuron disease | motor neuron disease, familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | nerve excitability | neurodegeneration | neurodegenerative and age-related diseases | neurological disease diagnosis | neuromuscular diseases | superoxide dismutase | transcranial magnetic stimulation

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