Over the past decade geneticists have discovered a number of genes that can cause familial or inherited Parkinson’s disease. There are almost twenty known genes that can increase the risk or even cause Parkinson’s disease if they become mutated. There is much hope amongst scientists that by understanding the function of these genes new ideas about how Parkinson’s disease starts […]
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Sleep apnoea is a common breathing disorder in which the upper airway collapses repetitively throughout the night leading to low oxygen levels and disrupted sleep. The most common treatment is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy.
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Australians as a whole have the giving habit, with 70% of us supporting charities. And when asked, 29% of people say they’d be willing to leave a gift in their will once family and friends had been provided for.
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I work at the Sydney Brain Bank, located at NeuRA and on August 12 this year I combined two things I am deeply passionate about: the hugely important work we do here at the Sydney Brain Bank….and running!
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My decision to become the bequest manager for NeuRA was never really about me. It was about two very special people, Roger and Joan, and the special relationship they had together.
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In order for health care to move forward it is crucial to provide health professionals with up-to-date knowledge and resources to assist their clinical work. With this motivation in mind, we’ve developed iconFES – a new app for the Apple iPad that assesses fear of falling in older adults.
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I entered 2Day FM’s competition to have Justice Crew attend my workplace and teach a dance to their Australian number 1 song ‘Boom Boom’. I did this with the hope of bringing some fun to the hard-working, dedicated staff at NeuRA. I did not expect to win, but I did, and the phone call from 2Day FM left me astonished […]
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It has been assumed that all muscles and their tendons act independently of each other and do not transmit force directly to adjacent muscle-tendon units. In other words, it is assumed each muscle-tendon unit acts as an independent force generator.
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Neuroscience is nearly everywhere, and in places where it isn’t, it should be. NeuRA is committed to communicating its research findings and the implications of these findings to a broad audience. We all have a brain and a nervous system collecting sensory input, controlling our breathing, beating our heart, coordinating our muscles, telling our face when to smile.
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A NeuRA study recently investigated how different types of dementia affect the ability to perform everyday tasks. The focus was on progressive nonfluent aphasia (PNFA) and logopenic nonfluent aphasia (LPA) – two dementias that lead to similar problems in language (at least to the untrained ear, not so according to specific language tests). Under the microscope these dementias look very different: […]
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