Comorbid affective disturbance in a model of absence epilepsy - shared causation linked to morphological abnormality?

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/566544

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

People with epilepsy commonly suffer from severe mood disorders, such as depression and anxiety. These disturbances are underdiagnosed and undertreated, and are often more debilitating than the epilepsy. This project will investigate whether treatment of psychiatric disturbance with antidepressants also results in reduced seizure incidence in an animal model of epilepsy. Results generated from the study will provide clinicians strong rationale for aggressive treatment of such mood complaints.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 01-01-2011

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $502,650.00

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

Anxiety | Depression | Environmental intervention | Epilepsy | Neuroscience | Psychiatry

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