[paula_w]

very interesting:


The MJFF is pleased to announce the next round of 2007 Rapid Response
Innovation Awards recipients:

1. Heiko Braak & Kelly Del Tredici, JW Goethe University - "Does
sporadic Parkinson's disease begin in the enteric nervous system?"

2. Alberto Espay, University of Cincinnati - "Methylphenidate for the
treatment of gait impairment in Parkinson's disease: a randomized
double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over study"

3. Kjell Fuxe, Karolinska Institutet & Meritxell Canals, University of
Glasgow - "Understanding the molecular and functional changes of
CB1/D2/A2A receptor complexes in the hemi-parkinsonian rat model"

4. Tania Giovannetti, Temple University - "Everyday action impairment in
people with Parkinson's Disease Dementia/Dementia with Lewy Bodies"

5. Karl Kieburtz, University of Rochester - "Ethics of sham surgery
controls to test novel Parkinson's disease interventions"

6. Zhicheng Lin, McLean Hospital - "Development of a cellular system to
screen for small molecules that upregulate the hVMAT2 promoter activity"

7. Michael McDonald, University of Tennessee Health Science Center -
"Re-distribution of brain gangliosides for treatment of Parkinson's
disease"

8. Jason Richardson, UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School & Dwight
German, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center -
"Gene-environment interactions in Parkinson's disease"

9. Owen Ross, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville - "Genetic characterization of
Omi/Htra2 (PARK13) in autosomal dominant and sporadic Parkinson's
disease"

10. Clemens Scherzer, Harvard University - "MJFF Harvard PD Biomarker
Study and ST13 ELISA Development Supplement"

11. D. James Surmeier, Northwestern University - "Neuroprotective
effects of isradipine in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease"