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Systematic assessment of retinal output following optogenetic vision therapy

  • Program Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Central Nervous System

  • Disease Area

    Other

  • Competition

    Azrieli Foundation – Brain Canada Early-Career Capacity Building grants

  • Province

    Québec

  • Start Date

    2019

  • Total Grant Amount

    $100,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $50,000

Project Overview

Optogenetic strategies - the ability to activate normally light-insensitive neurons with light - are being used in clinical trials to restore light sensitivity to the retina of vision impaired patients. In normally sighted individuals, before visual signals reach the brain, the retina uses its complex circuitry to parse the visual…

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Neurodegenerative potential for microglia in a progressive MS model

  • Program Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Neurodegeneration

  • Disease Area

    Multiple Sclerosis

  • Competition

    Azrieli Foundation – Brain Canada Early-Career Capacity Building grants

  • Province

    Alberta

  • Start Date

    2019

  • Total Grant Amount

    $100,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $50,000

Project Overview

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a disease where the immune system attacks the brain and spinal cord. The resulting disability can range from vision loss in one eye or complete paralysis. After years of suffering from this disease, most people enter a phase called progressive MS where available treatments are no…

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Hippocampal heterogeneity in health and disease

  • Program Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Neurodegeneration

  • Disease Area

    Other

  • Competition

    Azrieli Foundation – Brain Canada Early-Career Capacity Building grants

  • Province

    Newfoundland and Labrador

  • Start Date

    2018

  • Total Grant Amount

    $100,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $50,000

Project Overview

The brain is estimated to contain 100 billion cells that form 100 trillion connections. Brain cells speak to each other by releasing chemicals into a small area known as the synapse, and neighboring cells can listen by using their ability to sense these chemicals. Like our daily conversations, brain cell…

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Electrically guided transcranial stimulation of cells chemogenically primed for excitability a novel, non-invasive and cell type-specific approach

  • Program Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Central Nervous System

  • Disease Area

    Other

  • Competition

    Azrieli Foundation – Brain Canada Early-Career Capacity Building grants

  • Province

    Newfoundland and Labrador

  • Start Date

    2019

  • Total Grant Amount

    $100,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $50,000

Project Overview

Dr Bambico proposes to test a new and potentially groundbreaking experimental technique called EC stimulation, which will enable researchers to influence the activity of different kinds of neurons in any part of the brain without the need of major brain invasive surgery or complex genetic techniques. This will be done…

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The influence of functional connectivity on cognitive reserve

  • Program Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Central Nervous System

  • Disease Area

    Alzheimer’s

  • Competition

    Azrieli Foundation – Brain Canada Early-Career Capacity Building grants

  • Province

    Alberta

  • Start Date

    2018

  • Total Grant Amount

    $100,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $50,000

Project Overview

Declining cognitive activity is associated with a wide-variety of neurodegenerative disorders, brain injuries as well as with normal aging despite any clear pathological condition. With normal aging, there is a diverse spectrum of cognitive decline with some individuals showing strong impairments while others show very little loss in cognitive ability.…

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