Seed Grants

The role of the lipid transporter ABCA7 as potential treatment in Parkinson’s disease (PD)

• Prof. Dan Frenkel | School of Biochemistry Neurobiology Biophysics, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Neurobiology 
  
  The central hypothesis of our proposal is that, ABCA7 elevation in glial cells might be responsible for their failure to support dopaminergic neurons and to the progression of PD pathology. Explore >>

Psychedelics in Parkinson’s disease: treatment and mechanisms

• Prof. Hagit Eldar-Finkelman | Department of Human Molecular Genetics & Biochemistry, Gray School of Medicine
  
  The major aim of this project is to uncover the potential role of psychedelics in treating neurodegeneration, focusing on PD. Within this aim we will investigate the cellular pathways activated by psychedelics that are directly related to PD conditions such as oxidative stress, mitochondria activity, and cellar degradation.
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Playing with my ears: audiomotor skill learning across ears and hands in PD patients

• Roy Mukamel | School of Psychological Sciences; Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University
• Neomi Singer | Sagol Brain Institute, Dept of Neurology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center; Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel-Aviv University
  
  The overarching goal of this study is to examine the potential of exploiting the lateral relationship between auditory and motor circuits as a way to optimize sensorimotor-integration-based intervention techniques in unilateral PD. In the proposed seed project, we will take the first step in this direction and assess the effect of feedback laterality on audio-motor synchronization in affected side of unilateral PD. Explore >>