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Neuroprosthetic baroreflex controls hemodynamics after spinal cord injury

  • Program Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Injury

  • Disease Area

    Brain Injury

  • Competition

    Barbara Turnbull Award for Spinal Cord Research

  • Province

    Alberta

  • Start Date

    2022

  • Total Grant Amount

    $50,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $25,000

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Cholinergic & noradrenergic contributions to presymptomatic AD progression

  • Program Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Neurodegeneration

  • Disease Area

    Alzheimer’s

  • Competition

    Alzheimer’s Association International Grant Program

  • Province

    Québec

  • Start Date

    2022

  • Total Grant Amount

    $188,892

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $94,446

Project Overview

Alzheimer's Association International Research Grant Program: Alzheimer’s Association Research Grant (AARG) The development of approaches to aid early detection of the transition from healthy aging to mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is critically important for developing targeted strategies to halt or slow disease progression. Post-mortem studies have identified…

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Serotonin circuit dysregulation in Alzheimer’s Disease

  • Program Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Neurodegeneration

  • Disease Area

    Alzheimer’s

  • Competition

    Alzheimer’s Association International Grant Program

  • Province

    Alberta

  • Start Date

    2022

  • Total Grant Amount

    $190,781

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $95,390

Project Overview

Alzheimer's Association International Research Grant Program: Alzheimer’s Association Research Grant (AARG) Today, more than six million people in North America are living with dementia, with an estimated annual economic burden of $150 billion for patients and caregivers. Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia that results in…

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Electrophysiological measures of proteinopathy in asymptomatic older adults

  • Program Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Neurodegeneration

  • Disease Area

    Alzheimer’s

  • Competition

    Alzheimer’s Association International Grant Program

  • Province

    Québec

  • Start Date

    2022

  • Total Grant Amount

    $190,678

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $95,339

Project Overview

Alzheimer's Association International Research Grant Program: Alzheimer’s Association Research Grant - New to the Field (AARG-NTF) Our project proposes the development and first-step validation of a new, noninvasive mapping procedure of proteinopathy in asymptomatic older adults. Our approach consists in applying recent advances in magnetoencephalography (MEG) methods that yield the…

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Detecting Behaviours of Risk in Nursing Homes using Deep Learning

  • Program Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Neurodegeneration

  • Disease Area

    Alzheimer’s

  • Competition

    Alzheimer’s Association International Grant Program

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2022

  • Total Grant Amount

    $190,789

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $95,394

Project Overview

Alzheimer's Association International Research Grant Program: Alzheimer’s Association Research Grant (AARG) The main research question is to develop algorithms to detect behaviours of risk from videos recorded in the common area of a dementia care unit. People with dementia can have changes in judgement and behavior leading to events of…

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