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Project

Research of genetic, clinical and neuropathological characteristics of neurodegenerative brain diseases with focus on Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporale dementia

This funding will be used for the extension of the PhD mandates of Elisabeth Hens and Helena Gossye with one year from October 1st 2020 to September 30th 2021 (third PhD year). Both are PhD students in the group of Professor Christine Van Broeckhoven. Both PhD students are medical doctors and neurology trainees. The main aim of their project is to examine in dept the genotype - phenotype correlation of familial and sporadic patients, carrying causal mutations in genes associated with Alzheimer's disease or frontotemporal dementia. These studies will deliver a better understanding of the clinical profile of these patients which will be helpful in the clinical diagnoses and the inclusion in clinical trials aiming at personalized treatment.
Date:1 Oct 2020 →  30 Sep 2021
Keywords:GENOTYPE-PHENOTYPE CORRELATION, GENETIC DISEASE, FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA, ALZHEIMER DEMENTIA
Disciplines:Molecular diagnostics, Diagnostics not elsewhere classified, Medical imaging and therapy not elsewhere classified, Behavioural neuroscience, Cognitive neuroscience