Cell death in the retina: analysing the switch that triggers dependency on target-derived trophic factors

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/634347

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Construction of the developing nervous system in the embryo involves the creation of nerve cells and their connections, but also involves loss of a proportion of these cells prior to maturation. We will study this process of cell death and how developing nerve cells switch on their dependency to survival factors. In so doing we will better understand what happens when brain development goes wrong and also devise new ways to protect nerve cells in the injured or degenerate adult nervous system.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2010

End Date: 01-01-2012

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $428,414.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Central Nervous System

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Abnormal development | Cell death | Development of CNS | Neurological disorders | Neuroprotection | Neurotrauma | Neurotrophic factors | Retinal degeneration | Retinal ganglion cell | Target dependence

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