Funding
The Foundation supports research across basic, translational and clinical science to speed breakthroughs that can lead to the creation of new treatments and a better quality of life for people with Parkinson's disease.
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Previously funded studies appear chronologically, with the most recent appearing first.
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Rapid Response Innovation Awards, 2008Generation of a dorsal motor nucleus X (DMX) specific pre-clinical model of alpha synuclein overexpression to study the etiology of autonomic dysfunction in PD
Objective/Rationale:
The etiology for the non-motor symptoms in PD, such as autonomic instability, sleep disturbance, and constipation, remain poorly understood. In their recent studies of PD... -
Dopamine-Non-Responsive Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease, 2006Non-dopaminergic imaging biomarkers as tools for early PD - testing the Braak Hypothesis
Many recent studies have suggested that we need to expand research in Parkinson's disease to study symptoms other than the typical motor symptoms of tremor, slowness of movements, stiffness, and...
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Therapeutic Pipeline Program, 2021Dietary Interventions to Slow and Improve Parkinson’s Symptoms by Restructuring the Gut Microbiome and Decreasing Inflammation
Study Rationale:
There is a link between the gut and the brain in Parkinson’s disease (PD), and gut bacteria may play an important role. Gut bacteria they affect the bowel mucus barrier, produce... -
Research Grant, 2023Developing Wiring Diagrams of the Brain-Body Connection
Study Rationale: Individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD) can show a variety of symptoms, including: resting tremors, alterations in directed hand movements, and treatment-induced dyskinesias; loss...
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Therapeutic Pipeline Program, 2020Target Validation Studies for the Discovery of Novel Small Molecule Therapeutics with the Potential to Modify Disease Outcome by Inhibiting Bacterial Amyloid Protein-induced Alpha-synuclein Aggregation and Associated Neuronal Toxicity
Study Rationale:
Patients with Parkinson’s disease frequently report serious gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms, most commonly constipation, which are not well treated with currently available medicine... -
Research Grant, 2017A Study of Gastrointestinal Impairment in Parkinson's Disease
Study Rationale:
Gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms, such as constipation, nausea and vomiting, are common in Parkinson's disease (PD), but the cause of these symptoms is not entirely clear. Slow movement...
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