"NEURONAL EXCITABILITY IN DIABETIC NEURO[ATHY,SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY GENERATED AFTER PERIPHERAL NERVE DAMAGE"
DIRECTOR of the PROJECT
ALLOCATED VALUE (USD)
REID GORDON
84500
Description of the project: "THE PROJECT AIMED TO INVESTIGATE THE MACANISMS BY WHICH SPONTANEOUS NEURLA ACTIVITY COUD BE CAUSED BY NERVE DAMAGE. THIS SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY IS LIKELY TO UNDERLIE PAINFUL SYMPTOMS IN NEUROPATHIES (PARTICULARLYDIABETIC NEUROPATHY) AND AFTER NERVE INJURY. A PARTICULAR FOCUS WAS THE CLARIFICATION OF THE MECHANISMS BY WHICH THERMAL STIMULI ARE DETESCTED, WITH A VIEW TO UNDERSTANDING WHETHER THE SAME MECHANISMS COUL UNDERLIE SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY DAMAGED NERVE. "
