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Synaptic mechanisms in post-stroke depression

  • Grant Type

    Team grants

  • Area of research

    Injury

  • Disease Area

    StrokeMental illness

  • Competition

    Heart and Stroke Foundation Grant-in-Aid

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2015

  • Total Grant Amount

    $279,080

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $139,540

Project Overview

Stroke affects 17% of people worldwide and some estimates predict that it will soon become the most common cause of death worldwide. Post-stroke depression impacts a significant portion of patients that suffered from a stroke. The consequences of post-stroke are immense and are a severe impairment in the path to…

Habitual physical activity, exercise and cardiovascular function in spinal cord injury

  • Grant Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Injury

  • Disease Area

    Brain Injury

  • Competition

    Heart and Stroke Foundation Emerging Research Leaders Initiative

  • Province

    British Columbia

  • Start Date

    2015

  • Total Grant Amount

    $149,282

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $74,640

Project Overview

The major objectives of this research program are to measure the function of the heart and blood vessels following SCI and to investigate the mechanisms that are responsible for any changes that occur. A second objective is to examine the effect that both physical activity, which describes any bodily movement,…

Genomic markers of cerebral small vessel ischemia

  • Grant Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Injury

  • Disease Area

    Stroke

  • Competition

    Heart and Stroke Foundation Emerging Research Leaders Initiative

  • Province

    British Columbia

  • Start Date

    2015

  • Total Grant Amount

    $148,260

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $74,130

Project Overview

The overall goal of this research program is to identify genomic markers that predict small vessel disease of the brain. Specifically we will investigate patients that have had strokes or dementia due to small vessel disease, or who have brain imaging showing evidence of damage to the small blood vessels…

Neuroinflammatory susceptibility to vascular disease as a dementia driver

  • Grant Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Neurodegeneration

  • Disease Area

    Alzheimer’s

  • Competition

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2017

  • Total Grant Amount

    $194,981

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $97,490

Project Overview

Recent studies have shown that damage to the small blood vessels in the brain (cerebrovascular disease) may increase the risk for Alzheimer’s. However, not everyone with small vessel damage develops memory problems, suggesting there are other factors that mediate this risk. Since brain inflammation is a key characteristic of both…

Sleep, cognition, and inflammation following natural or surgical menopause

  • Grant Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Neurodegeneration

  • Disease Area

    Alzheimer’s

  • Competition

    Alzheimer’s Association Research Fellowship

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2017

  • Total Grant Amount

    $181,295

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $90,648

Project Overview

Alzheimer’s disease disproportionately affects women and emerging evidence suggests there may be unique biological and lifestyle factors that underlie these differences. A woman’s brain health, for example, may be affected more strongly than a man’s by the presence of APOE-e4, a gene variant linked to Alzheimer’s risk. Nicole Gervais, Ph.D.,…