Dr Muireann Irish uncovers the part of the brain that underpins social cognitive deficits in semantic dementia, further unraveling mysteries behind the disease. It may sound like the subject matter of a science fiction movie, but mind-reading is a process in which we regularly engage. On a daily basis, whenever we interact in social scenarios, we go beyond our own […]
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NeuRA’s Foundation Director, Roewen Wishart, explains the best ways to contribute to medical research at tax time. Fortunately for medical research, our system of government provides two ways you can support medical research. One, when you pay your taxes you are contributing to Australia’s merit-based program to support research. NeuRA’s scientists have excellent success rates in the hotly contested grants […]
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Dr Kim Delbaere, originally trained as a physiotherapist, has merged her passion for the physical body with technology and envisions a future where older adults can stay independent for longer using app based technology. From the age of 65 years and older, falls happen frequently and affect quality of life. About one in three older people fall at least once […]
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Siobhan Fitzpatrick’s PhD work aims to give back movement. Conditions that decrease a person’s ability to control their muscles, such as spinal cord injury and stroke, have devastating and debilitating consequences for individuals and their loved ones. Imagine not being able to pick up your mug of coffee, or do up the button on your coat. Small daily tasks, that […]
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Lauren Bartley is part of a team developing a blood test to detect dementia. A blood test can reveal many things about your physical health, such as your blood glucose levels or an iron deficiency. But what if a simple blood test could reveal what’s happening inside your brain? As the Biomarker Study Coordinator, I see each participant involved in […]
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Dr Susanna Park is working on ways to prevent one of the lesser known side effects of chemotherapy: nerve damage.
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In 2002, Lydia Volek had a sudden onset of dizziness and was told she would probably never get better. After learning to live with it for over a decade, Lydia stumbled upon a study to treat dizziness at NeuRA. As our guest blogger this week, Lydia tells us how participating in this research turned her life around in just a few short minutes.
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We’ve just published the summer edition of the NeuRA Magazine – find it online here. Inside, read about our new guidelines to keep kids safer in cars, how alcohol affects the developing teenage brain, and how we may be able to use readings of electrical activity in the brain to diagnose schizophrenia. If, in future, you’d like us to email […]
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