Name of Fellow


Dr Yifat Glikmann-Johnston

Institution


Funder


NHMRC

Contact information of fellow


Country


Australia

Title of project/programme


Spatial learning and memory in Huntington's disease

Source of funding information


NHMRC

Total sum awarded (Euro)


€ 322,876

Start date of award


01/01/16

Total duration of award in years


5.0

The project/programme is most relevant to:


Alzheimer's disease & other dementias

Keywords


huntington's disease | cognitive assessment | memory | neuroimaging | clinical trial

Research Abstract


This project will develop a spatial learning and memory test battery sensitive to dementia in Huntington’s disease, relate the task to atrophy in key brain regions, and then apply the test in a clinical trial aimed at developing a regeneration of damaged brain regions in Huntington’s disease. The overarching goal is to develop a cognitive test that is closely aligned to brain pathology in dementia as a tool for more precise, mechanism-based investigations in the dementia clinical trial setting.

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