FUNDED PROJECTS:
ALZHEIMER AND OTHER DISEASES OF THE BRAIN
In the 2005 Marató, which focused on Alzheimer and other diseases of the brain, 204 projects were presented and these were assessed by 201 scientists specialising in these diseases, according to their quality, methodology and relevance. This assessment was managed by the Catalan Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Research, of the Catalan Ministry of Health.
In accordance with the proposal of the scientific Advisory Committee of the Fundació La Marató de 3Cat, the Board agreed to distribute € 6,890,426 to the following 35 research projects of excellence:
Development of neuroprotector strategies with BDNF for Huntington's disease
- Dr. Jordi Alberch ViéFacultat de Medicina. Universitat de Barcelona
Fund: 187.500 €
The acetylation of chromatin and the expression of CREB-dependent genes in the pathology of Huntington's disease
- Dr. Ángel Luis Barco GuerreroInstitut de Neurociències d'Alacant
Fund: 133.750 €
The role of ictal functional magnetic resonance in locating the epileptogenic area in patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy
- Dra. Núria Bargalló AlabartHospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona
Fund: 115.135 €
Differential expression of isoforms of alpha-synuclein: a possible marker in peripheral blood of Parkinson disease
- Dra. Katrin BeyerHospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol
Fund: 135.875 €
Identification of genes involved in susceptibility to hyperhomocysteinaemia, a risk factor of cerebral vascular accident and Alzheimer's disease
- Dr. Francisco Blanco VacaHospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Fund: 187.059 €
Evaluation study of management of the ictus patient in primary health care
- Dr. Carlos Brotons CuixartEAP Sardenya
Fund: 44.733 €
Striatal histamine H3 receptors in the control of motor activity and as a target of Parkinson's disease
- Dr. Enric I. Canela CamposFacultat de Biologia. Universitat de Barcelona
Fund: 136.125 €
Implication of the hypothalamic carnitine palmitoyl transferases 1 (CPT1) in the regulation of hunger
- Dra. Núria Casals FarréFacultat de Ciències de la Salut. Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Fund: 155.000 €
Mechanisms involved in the development of ischaemic neurological complications in giant cell arteritis
- Dra. M. Cinta Cid XutglàHospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona
Fund: 170.375 €
Critical disease paralysis: clinical, electrophysiological, biochemical and pathological study
- Dr. Jaume Coll CantíHospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol
Fund: 57.036 €
Genetic, molecular and cellular bases of migraine and episodic ataxia
- Dr. Bru Cormand RifàFacultat de Biologia. Universitat de Barcelona
- Dr. José Manuel Fernández FernándezFacultat de Ciències de la Salut i de la Vida. Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Fund: 199.690 €
Implication de Dyrk1A, a candidate gene for Down's syndrome, in Alzheimer type pathology and characterisation of the neuropathological and cognitive effects of cytotoxic protofibrils of peptides derived from natural amyloidal proteins in murine models of Dyrk1A
- Dra. Mara Dierssen SotosCentre de Regulació Genòmica
- Dr. José Ramon Naranjo OrovioCentro Nacional de Biotecnología. Madrid
- Dr. Salvador Martínez PérezInstitut de Neurociències d'Alacant
Fund: 222.913 €
Excitotoxic mechanisms, neuroinflammatory response and serum factors in human and experimental amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Dr. Josep Enric Esquerda ColellFacultat de Medicina. Universitat de Lleida
- Dr. Joan Serratosa SerdaInstitut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer
- Dra. Jerònia Lladó VichFacultat de Ciències. Universitat de les Illes Balears
- Dr. Carles Solsona SanchoFacultat de Medicina CSUB
- Dr. Ronald William OppenheimWake Fostest University. Estats Units
Fund: 397.892 €
Study of the preventive mechanisms of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in Alzheimer's disease: role of the Rho-GTPases
- Dra. Elena Galea Rodríguez de VelascoInstitut de Neurociències. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
- Dra. Agustina García SánchezInstitut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
- Dr. Vicente Felipo OrtsCentro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe. València
Fund: 387.913 €
Countering the progression of Alzheimer's disease: effects of early environmental treatments in triple transgenic 3xTgAD mice
- Dra. Lydia Giménez LlortInstitut de Neurociències. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
- Dra. Coral Sanfeliu PujolInstitut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques de Barcelona
- Dr. Björn JohanssonKarolinska University. Suècia
Fund: 362.131 €
Structural and dynamic characterisation of the process of Abeta aggregation. Study of peptide inhibitors of Abeta aggregation
- Dr. Ernest Giralt LledóInstitut de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona
Fund: 157.700 €
Possible neuroprotector potential of treatment with fluorated salicylates in two animal models of multiple sclerosis
- Dra. Berta González de MingoFacultat de Medicina. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Fund: 185.211 €
Molecular bases of the Lafora type progressive myoclonic epilepsy
- Dr. Joan J. Guinovart CireraInstitut de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona
- Dr. Santiago Rodríguez de CórdobaCentro de Investigaciones Biológicas. Madrid
- Dr. Pascual Sanz BigorraInstitut de Biomedicina de València CSIC
Fund: 372.499 €
Molecular and cellular bases and functional implications of the neurogenesis of the adult hippocampus; implications for the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease
- Dr. Juan Carlos Izpisua BelmonteCentre de Medicina Regenerativa de Barcelona
- Dra. Joana Visa EsteveInstitut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL)
- Dr. Fred H. GageSalk Institute for Biological Studies. Estats Units
Fund: 399.853 €
Use of cognitive heterogeneity for exploration of the neural bases of slight cognitive deterioration (relatively subtle cognitive impairments) in Parkinson's disease
- Dr. Jaume Kulisevsky BojarskiHospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Fund: 187.500 €
Genetic bases of the Chiari type I malformation
- Dr. Alfons Macaya RuizHospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron
Fund: 194.125 €
Study of new therapeutic targets for the development of neuroprotective drugs
- Dr. Rafael Maldonado LópezFacultat de Ciències de la Salut i de la Vida. Universitat Pompeu Fabra
- Dr. Fernando Rodríguez de FonsecaHospital Carlos Haya. Màlaga
- Dr. Emilio Fernández EspejoFacultad de Medicina. Sevilla
Fund: 399.165 €
Combined use of neuropsychological, biochemical and neuroimage biomarkers in the risk assessment of dementia in Parkinson's disease
- Dra. Maria Josefa Martí DomènechHospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona
Fund: 105.970 €
Factors associated with knowledge and making of living wills in patients with neurodegenerative pathology
- Dr. Rafael Martínez PovedaHospital de Mataró
Fund: 20.625 €
Clinical and molecular study of FXTAS syndrome (Fragile X tremors ataxia syndrome)
- Dra. Montserrat Milà RecasensHospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona
Fund: 170.000 €
GRECOS project: genotyping the risk of recurrence of ictus
- Dr. Joan Montaner VillalongaHospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron
Fund: 198.662 €
Duchenne muscular dystrophy: beneficial effects of fibrinolysis and action mechanisms
- Dra. Pura Muñoz CánovesCentre de Regulació Genòmica
Fund: 158.110 €
The mouse with accelerated senescence (SAMP8): an experimental model to characterise the first neuronal changes in Alzheimer's disease
- Dra. Mercè Pallàs LliberiaFacultat de Farmàcia. Universitat de Barcelona
- Dra. Gemma Casadesús RierolaCase Western Reserve University. Estats Units
Fund: 199.982 €
The SLC28 genes as new targets for the treatment of ictus and of the neurodegenerative diseases
- Dr. Marçal Pastor-AngladaFacultat de Biologia. Universitat de Barcelona
Fund: 187.500 €
Evaluation of care for ictus in Catalonia following the introduction of an organised and integrated model of care for acute ictus
- Dr. Gaietà Permanyer MiraldaHospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron
Fund: 191.813 €
Plasticity in the sensory-motor cortex induced by musical therapy in patients with cerebrovascular accident
- Dr. Antoni Rodríguez FornellsFacultat de Psicologia. Universitat de Barcelona
- Dr. Thomas MünteAbleitung für Neuropsychology. Alemanya
- Dr. Carles Grau FonollosaFacultat de Medicina. Universitat de Barcelona
Fund: 360.182 €
Pathogenic mechanisms in the mouse with neuromuscular degeneration (NMD): a model for human SMARD1
- Dr. Antonio Luis Serrano SánchezCentre de Regulació Genòmica
- Dra. Lucía Tabares DomínguezFacultad de Medicina. Universidad de Sevilla
Fund: 193.625 €
Development and validation of an automatic injection system of a radioactive dose to do ictal SPECT in epilepsy
- Dr. Francisco Javier Setoain PeregoHospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona
Fund: 89.357 €
Genetic and environmental factors that influence the phenotype expression of Parkinson's disease caused by mutations in the LRRK2 gen. Clinical and image studies in people without parkinsonism and carriers of the mutation
- Dr. Eduard Tolosa SarróHospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona
- Dr. Pau Pastor MuñozCentro para la Investigación Médica Aplicada. Pamplona
Fund: 199.720 €
Environmental conditioning factors of health-related quality of life of patients with advanced institutionalised dementia
- Dr. Antoni Turon EstradaHospital de Santa Caterina
Fund: 25.700 €