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Past Grants Recieved

Title of Research Proposal
Principal Investigator
Grant Amount
Start Date
End Date
Research Article
Bacterial extracellular vesicles as a novel therapy for Parkinson’s disease
Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Portugal
5000
01/03/2025
Effects of prenatal infections on development of Parkinson’s disease in a model system
Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Portugal
5000
01/03/2025
Role of gut microbes and their metabolites in Parkinson’s disease
Stanford Hospital, Palo Alto, California
5000
01/03/2022
Blood brain barrier disruption caused by gut dysbiosis in Parkinson’s disease
Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Coimbra, Portugal
5000
01/03/2022
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13024-024-00766-0?utm
Movement asymmetry and Parkinson’s disease
Applied Health Sciences, University of Waterloo,
5000
01/03/2020
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10393413/
Quantifying brain networks with cell-type specificity to design novel therapies for Parkinson’s disease
University of Barcelona, Spain
5000
01/03/2020
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10696737/pdf/12987_2023_Article_494.pdf
LRRK2 gene interactions in Parkinson’s disease
Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Greece
5000
01/03/2019
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7754308/pdf/MDS-35-2095.pdf
Intranasal delivery of pentamidine in model of Parkinson’s disease
University SAPIENZA, Rome Italy
5000
01/03/2019
https://air.unimi.it/retrieve/dfa8b99d-4c0d-748b-e053-3a05fe0a3a96/preprint.pdf
Alpha-synuclein in Parkinson’s disease
Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
5000
01/03/2018
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6570706/pdf/401_2019_Article_2007.pdf
Nanodelivery systems for movement disorder treatments
University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
5000
01/03/2018
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9599564/pdf/biomedicines-10-02644.pdf
Detection of misfolded proteins in body fluids
NIH Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Colorado
5000
01/03/2016
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5806364/pdf/40478_2018_Article_508.pdf
Immunotherapy for Parkinson’s disease
Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
5000
01/03/2016
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/pmid/41545445/
RAB39B gene in Parkinson’s disease
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Australia
5000
01/03/2015
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7106796/pdf/13041_2020_Article_584.pdf
Alpha-synuclein aggregation and spreading in Parkinson’s disease
University of Düsseldorf, Germany
01/03/2015
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7282669/pdf/pcbi.1007767.pdf
Alpha-synuclein aggregation and spreading in Parkinson’s disease
University of Düsseldorf, Germany
01/03/2015
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6721797/pdf/elife-46112.pdf
Alpha-synuclein aggregation and spreading in Parkinson’s disease
University of Düsseldorf, Germany
5000
01/03/2015
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7139648/pdf/ijms-21-01995.pdf
Alpha-synuclein aggregation and spreading in Parkinson’s disease
University of Düsseldorf, Germany
01/03/2015
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-018-0049-z?utm
Alpha-synuclein aggregation and spreading in Parkinson’s disease
University of Düsseldorf, Germany
01/03/2015
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009308418302135?utm
Inflammation as a mechanism of Parkinson’s disease pathology
Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
5000
01/03/2014
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5673553/pdf/nihms906453.pdf
Pathology of Parkinson’s disease (degradation and elimination of proteins)
Mansoura University, Egypt
5000
01/03/2014
Impaired mitochondrial dynamics underlie axonal defects in hereditary spastic paraplegias
Department of Neurobiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
10000
01/03/2013
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6031053/pdf/ddy156.pdf
Dopamine and speech deficits in Parkinson’s disease
University of Arizona
10000
01/03/2013
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9067653/pdf/pone.0265604.pdf
Pathology of SPG15 spastic paraplegia
University of Connecticut Health Science Center
10000
01/03/2013
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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