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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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  • Rapid Response Innovation Awards, 2008
    Mechanism and Modulation of Alpha-Synuclein Expression

    Objective/Rationale: 
    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, 2008
    Interfering 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, 2008
    Online 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, 2008
    A 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...

  • Developing and Validating Web-Based Clinical Assessments for, 2008
    Wearable Sensors and a Web-Based Application to Monitor Patients with Parkinson's Disease in the Home Environment

    Objective/Rationale:
    Clinicians experience difficulties in adjusting medications in individuals with Parkinson’s disease as the disease progresses and patients experience changes in the severity of...

  • Web-Based Clinical Assessment, 2008
    Developing and Validating Web-based Clinical Assessments for Parkinson's Disease

    Objective/Rationale:
    Parkinson's disease clinical research traditionally relies on patient recruitment, which can be hindered by the amount of travel a patient must undertake to visit sites for...

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