Investigation of dysfunction of OPRS1, a novel gene implicated in neurodegeneration

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/630428

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

A new gene has recently been discovered to play an important role in various brain and nerve degeneration disorders, including frontotemporal dementia and motor neuron disease. The aim of this project is to discover what biological processes are involved when this gene malfunctions, as this will provide knowledge important for development of new treatments for the many people worldwide affected with these disorders.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2010

End Date: 01-01-2013

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $535,471.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Neurogenetics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Alzheimer disease | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | Dementia | Frontal lobe dementia | Genetic polymorphisms | MicroRNA | Molecular neuroscience | Motor neuron disease | Structural variation

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