IETF awards $50,000 to study Neural Correlates in ET and Neurochemical Alteration in Et Patients (2007)

Dr. Khalaf Bushara, assistant professor of neurology at the Minneapolis Veteran’s Administration Medical Center, will receive $25,000 for a project titled “Neural Correlates of Essential Tremor.” The objective of this research will be to apply noninvasive magnetic resonance imaging technology (MRI) to identify neural correlates of ET and to develop a non-invasive method to diagnose and monitor treatments.

Dr. Frederic Calon, assistant professor, Molecular Endocrinology and Oncology Research Center at Laval University Medical Center, Quebec City, Canada, will receive $25,000 for a project titled “Postmortem Neurochemical Alteration in Essential Tremor Patients: A Clinicopathologic Study of Essential Tremor.” This research will focus on postmortem neurochemical investigations of the cerebellum of ET patients to identify alterations with the intent of developing new treatment strategies.