Understanding and preventing secondary degeneration following CNS injury

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/572550

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

After neurotrauma, tissue escaping initial injury undergoes secondary degeneration; tissue loss spreads, function worsens. In the complex brain and spinal cord it is difficult to distinguish vulnerable tissue. Using the visual system as a model I will precisely identify cells and processes of secondary degeneration, determine if vulnerable tissue can be rescued by drugs stopping toxic calcium influx and if rescued circuits work properly. The work has implications for neurotrauma and glaucoma.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 01-01-2011

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $409,147.00

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

neurodegeneration | neuroprotection | optic nerve model | partial injury | pathogenic mechanisms | secondary adverse events | spinal cord injury | therapeutic agents | toxic injury mechanisms

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