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Glenda Halliday

Glenda Halliday

Co-PI (Core Leadership)

Collaborating PI

University of Sydney

Glenda is a NHMRC Senior Leadership Fellow at the Brain and Mind Centre and Professor of Neuroscience in the School of Medical Sciences at the University of Sydney. Her research on central autonomic systems, Parkinson’s disease, alcohol toxicity, dementia with Lewy bodies, frontotemporal dementias and motor neurodegenerative diseases is well recognised, acknowledged by NHMRC High Achiever (2013) and Elizabeth Blackburn Clinical awards (2015 &2020), election to the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (2015), the 2017 David Marsden Lecture Award from the International Parkinson Society and the 2016 Cozzarelli Prize from the National Academy of Sciences USA.

Teams

Edwards Kirik Vila

Themes

Circuitry and Brain-Body Interactions

Recent ASAP Preprints & Published Papers

Neuromelanin and selective neuronal vulnerability to Parkinson’s disease

Neuromelanin is a unique pigment made by some human catecholamine neurons. These neurons survive with their neuromelanin content for a lifetime but can also be affected by age-related neurodegenerative conditions, as observed using new neuromelanin imaging techniques. The limited quantities of neuromelanin has made understanding its normal biology difficult, but…

Chronic hyperactivation of midbrain dopamine neurons causes preferential dopamine neuron degeneration

Parkinsons disease (PD) is characterized by the death of substantia nigra (SNc) dopamine (DA) neurons, but the pathophysiological mechanisms that precede and drive their death remain unknown. The activity of DA neurons is likely altered in PD, but we understand little about if or how chronic changes in activity may…

Team Edwards

Robert Edwards

Robert Edwards

Lead PI (Core Leadership)
Zayd Khaliq

Zayd Khaliq

Co-PI (Core Leadership)
Talia Lerner

Talia Lerner

Co-PI (Core Leadership)
Ken Nakamura

Ken Nakamura

Co-PI (Core Leadership)
Alexandra Nelson

Alexandra Nelson

Co-PI (Core Leadership)
James Maas

James Maas

Project Manager

Team Kirik

Deniz Kirik

Deniz Kirik

Lead PI (Core Leadership)
Glenda Halliday

Glenda Halliday

Co-PI (Core Leadership)
Jennifer Johnston

Jennifer Johnston

Co-PI (Core Leadership)
Clare Parish

Clare Parish

Co-PI (Core Leadership)
Lachlan Thompson

Lachlan Thompson

Co-PI (Core Leadership)
Courtney Wright

Courtney Wright

Project Manager

Team Vila

Miquel Vila

Miquel Vila

Lead PI (Core Leadership)
Glenda Halliday

Glenda Halliday

Co-PI (Core Leadership)
Nicola Mercuri

Nicola Mercuri

Co-PI (Core Leadership)
Jose Obeso

Jose Obeso

Co-PI (Core Leadership)
Matthias Prigge

Matthias Prigge

Co-PI (Core Leadership)
Javier Hoyo Perez

Javier Hoyo Perez

Project Manager

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