The role of neuronal hyper-excitability in an animal model of motor neuron disease

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/569827

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Every day at least one person in Australia dies of the fatal and untreatable adult neurodegenerative disease of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (motor neuron disease). This research examines the factors driving early increases in neural activity which may lead to the loss of upper and lower motor neurons in adulthood. The use of new methods to suppress production of specific proteins causing increased neural activity may lead to novel treatments for this disease.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 01-01-2011

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $558,170.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical parasitology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Ageing | Corticospinal | Electrophysiology | Motor neuron disease | Neurodegenerative disease | RNA interference | Sodium channel

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