How does glucose protect the retina and optic nerve against ischaemia?

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/626964

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Raised blood sugar levels are generally considered to be bad for nerve cells, especially those in the eye. But we have made a groundbreaking discovery finding that in the short-term, sugar can rescue nerve cells in the eye from death caused by lack of blood flow. In this project we will investigate how this remarkable effect is achieved.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2010

End Date: 01-01-2012

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $418,171.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Vision Science

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

blindness | glaucoma | neuroprotection | retinal metabolism | retinal vascular disease

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