Grant: Collaborative Health Research Projects
Queen's University
$136,484.00
Quantitative functional magnetic resonance imaging for the management of brain injuries
FY 2014-15
Summary
Traumatic closed-head brain injury is a large and growing problem among otherwise healthy, often young, people in Canada.Clinical evidence shows that even concussion, TBIs mildest form, can result in disability because of the development ofsymptoms that last long after the injury. Conventional brain imaging methods cannot be used either to: 1) aid in determiningprognosis (outcome); or 2) make return-to-duty or -play decisions. We propose to use quantitative functional MRI (qfMRI) anew, non-invasive way to study key aspects of brain physiology, to look for biomarkers of injury in concussed individuals,and examine how these markers change over time. These markers can then be used to gauge and monitor the extent ofbrain injury, and monitor the efficacy of treatment, with the hope of reducing long-term effects such as emotional changes,attentional difficulties, memory loss, and degenerative diseases of the brain.
Program
Collaborative Health Research Projects
Recipient
Location
Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
462280-2014
Name nom
Johnsrude, Ingrid
Department département
Psychology
Organization id
29
Institution établissement
Queen's University
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2014
Competition year année de concours
2014
Award amount
136484
Program id
CHRPJ
Program name en
Collaborative Health Research Projects
Program name fr
Projets de recherche concertée sur la santé
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
360
Committee name en
Collaborative Health Research Projects Selection Panel
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection de projets de recherche concertée sur la santé
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
9999
Research subject group en
Not available
Research subject group fr
Non disponible
Research subject en
Not available
Research subject fr
Non disponible
Partie
1
Nb partie
3
Application title
Quantitative functional magnetic resonance imaging for the management of brain injuries
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Traumatic closed-head brain injury is a large and growing problem among otherwise healthy, often young, people in Canada.Clinical evidence shows that even concussion, TBIs mildest form, can result in disability because of the development ofsymptoms that last long after the injury. Conventional brain imaging methods cannot be used either to: 1) aid in determiningprognosis (outcome); or 2) make return-to-duty or -play decisions. We propose to use quantitative functional MRI (qfMRI) anew, non-invasive way to study key aspects of brain physiology, to look for biomarkers of injury in concussed individuals,and examine how these markers change over time. These markers can then be used to gauge and monitor the extent ofbrain injury, and monitor the efficacy of treatment, with the hope of reducing long-term effects such as emotional changes,attentional difficulties, memory loss, and degenerative diseases of the brain.
