The Foundation supports research across basic, translational and clinical science to speed breakthroughs that can lead to the creation of new treatments and a better quality of life for people with Parkinson's disease.
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Previously funded studies appear chronologically, with the most recent appearing first.
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Rapid Response Innovation Awards, 2008Unraveling the Genetic Basis for Alpha-Synuclein Oligomerization in Living Cells Using Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation
Promising Outcomes of Original Grant:
The formation of large alpha-synuclein protein inclusions in the brain is the pathological hallmark of Parkinson’s disease but whether those inclusions are the... -
Rapid Response Innovation Awards, 2008Understanding and Modeling the Complexity of Sporadic Parkinson's Disease: Genetic and Environmental Factors
Promising Outcomes of Original Grant:
As mutations in the glucocerebrosidase (GBA) gene are considered to be a risk factor for sporadic Parkinson's disease, we developed a mutant preclinical model with... -
Rapid Response Innovation Awards, 2008Mechanism and Modulation of Alpha-Synuclein Expression
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The rationale of the proposed work is to establish the importance of a novel mechanism for controlling the production of alpha-synuclein, a causative agent in human Parkinson’s... -
Rapid Response Innovation Awards, 2008Interfering with Mitochondrial Fission to Prevent Neuronal Death in Parkinson's Disease
Objective/Rationale:
Mitochondrial dysfunction has been proposed as a key feature of progressive neuronal cell death in Parkinson’s disease. In particular, mitochondrial fission and fusion appear to... -
Developing and Validating Web-Based Clinical Assessments for, 2008Online Motor and Cognitive Analysis System
Objective/Rationale:
Despite advances in treatment approaches to Parkinson’s disease over the past 20 years, patient assessment methods have advanced little during this same period. Therefore, a... -
Developing and Validating Web-Based Clinical Assessments for, 2008A web-based assessment of visual and spatial symptoms in Parkinson's disease
Objective/Rationale:
Problems with visual perception (such as blurry vision or judging distances) are common in people with Parkinson’s disease. Visuospatial impairments are associated with some of...
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