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Past Grants Recieved
Title of Research Proposal | Principal Investigator | Grant Amount | Start Date | End Date | Research Article |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Neuropathologic and stereological assessment of dopaminergic and non-
dopaminergic neurons in the brains of dystonia patients: a specific focus on substantia nigra | Diego lacono, MD, PhD
Biomedical Research Institute of New
Jersey | 5000 | 15/01/2012 | 01/05/2012 | |
Unraveling novel pathways involved in the development and consolidation of levodopa induced Parkinson's disease | Samuel Nemanich, BS
Washington University, St Louis, MO | 5000 | 15/01/2012 | 01/05/2012 | |
Changes in autonomic function in early Parkinson's disease | David Charles, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center,
Nashville, TN | 5000 | 20/06/2011 | 11/07/2011 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22104012/ |
Functional analysis of single nucleotide genetic alterations within the promoter of genes associated with dystonia | loanna Armata, PhD
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA | 5000 | 20/06/2011 | 11/07/2011 | https://movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mds.23786 |
Toll-like receptors and lpha-synuclein in Parkinson's disease | Kathleen Maguire-Zeiss, PhD
Georgetown University Medical Center,
Washington DC | 5000 | 20/06/2011 | 11/07/2011 | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3500631/ |
Functional studies of the new TorsinA
mutation (R288Q) | Flavia Nery, PhD
Harvard University, Boston, MA | 5000 | 01/06/2010 | 01/07/2010 | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3352338/ |
Intravenous Immunoglobulin (lvlg) as a possible treatment for Parkinson's disease: effects on alpha-synuclein aggregation and neurotoxicity | David Loeffler, DVM, PhD
William Beaumont Hospital,
Royal Oak, MI | 5000 | 01/06/2010 | 01/07/2010 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23026444/ |
Adaptation to cellular stress in cortical regions involved in Parkinson's disease | Rehana K, Leak, PhD
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA | 5000 | 01/06/2010 | 01/07/2010 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18675914/ |
Effects of bright light treatment on daytime somnolence and nocturnal sleep in patients with Parkinson's disease. | Alexandar Videnovic, MD
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL | 5000 | 01/06/2009 | 01/07/2009 | |
Effects of autoimmune neuroinflammation on nigral dopaminergic neurons | Malu Tansey, PhD
Emory University School of Medicine,
Atlanta, GA | 5000 | 01/06/2009 | 01/07/2009 | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3639751/ |
THAP1 sequence variants as risk factors for primary dystonia | Mark LeDoux, MD, PhD
University of Tennessee Health
Sciences Center | 5000 | 01/06/2009 | 01/07/2009 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22229127/ |
Electrical activity of the subthalamic nucleus in early Parkinson's disease | Courtney Harrison (now Bradenham), BS and P. David Charles, MD
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, TN | 5000 | 01/06/2008 | 01/07/2008 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21542021/ |
Effect of TorsinA on dopamine transporter and dopamine D2 receptors
| Aygul Balcioglu, PhD
Harvard Medical School,
Massachusetts General Hospital | 5000 | 01/06/2008 | 01/07/2008 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20132487/ |
Neuroprotection by vector-based RNA interference against PINK1 deficiency-induced dopaminergic neuron apoptosis | Hao Deng, MD, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX | 5000 | 01/06/2007 | 01/07/2007 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17482357/ |
Studies on the role of COX-2 inhibitors on the survival of human and rat progenitor cells in animal models of Parkinson's disease | Ming Yang, PhD
Department of Neurology,
Jefferson Hospital of Neuroscience, Philadelphia, PA | 5000 | 01/06/2005 | 01/06/2006 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19824823/ |
Genetic localization of blepharospasm: analysis of Ashkenazi Jewish patients | Susan Bressman, PhD
Department of Neurology,
Beth Israel Medical Center, NY | 10000 | 01/06/2004 | 01/06/2005 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18267263/ |
Study of molecular defects of dystonia-causing mutations in TorsinA | Phuong Pham, PhD
PMDI,
Long Beach Memorial Center, Long Beach, CA | 10000 | 01/06/2004 | 01/06/2005 | |
Analysis of beta-glucocerebrosidase mutations in Parkinson's disease | Lorraine Clark, PhD
Department of Pathology,
Columbia University, NY | 5000 | 01/06/2004 | 01/07/2004 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15517591/ |
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