Targeting the synaptic actin cytoskeleton in Alzheimer's Disease [ 2015 - 2018 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: A/Pr Thomas Fath (Principal investigator) ,  A/Pr Tim Karl ,  Dr John Power ,  Dr Victor Anggono ,  Prof Peter Gunning

Brief description Dementias have become one of the fastest growing sources of major disease burdens in developed countries with about one in fifteen Australians older than 65 being affected. We will study how pathological stimuli disrupt nerve cell connections in the brain by impacting on the cellular architecture at these connections. Findings from our study will provide profound new insights in how nerve cells communicate with each other and how this communication is breaking down in disease.

Funding Amount $AUD 840,741.18

Funding Scheme Project Grants

Notes Standard Project Grant