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IMPACT & INNOVATION
Impacting lives through research
Your support helps fund talented researchers & innovative projects that are changing lives.
Understanding epilepsy: Better treatments & knowledge
Epilepsy has been described as being like an electrical storm inside your head. Since 1980, the Neurological Foundation has supported research aimed at making breakthroughs in understanding epilepsy. Explore the timeline of research milestones and updates that your support has helped create.
Becoming unstuck: Helping people move forward after concussion
For many New Zealanders, concussion symptoms persist long after the injury itself. Dr Josh Faulkner and his team are testing a new therapy programme designed to help New Zealanders break free from the cycle of stress, fear and ongoing symptoms, and regain confidence in everyday life.
Summer studentships: Early investment, life-changing impact
What starts as a summer research project can inspire a lifetime of discovery. Meet Donia Hegazy, a medical student whose Neurological Foundation summer studentship opened the door to a future in clinical research and neuroscience.
Treatments, preventions, even cures.
Can you help them become a reality?
Your donation today will help fund the next generation of discoveries and bring us closer to a healthier tomorrow.
This grant provides the opportunity to dig deeper, to find out who is missing out, and what we can do to help. Dr Fiona Imlach
This grant comes at a pivotal time, moving us from simply collecting health information to becoming a national research platform. Professor Susan Stott
Ten years from now, cooling caps could be found in most emergency departments and ambulances around the world, helping thousands of people every day. Dr Will Diprose
Your investment has done more than provide me with a summer studentship – it has allowed me to envision a future in which I am a clinician scientist. Thank you for making this possible. Donia Hegazy
Neuroscience in New Zealand is very strong. The future is increasingly bright for achieving the breakthroughs we are all hoping for. Retiring Distinguished Professor Cliff Abraham
YOUR DONATION GOES TOWARDS:
Discovery
Right now, an NZ-based team is screening human brain cells obtained from epilepsy surgery to discover compounds that can reduce brain inflammation. This is work that could lead to crucial advances in drug development.
Prevention
Science has shown that repeated head knocks can have terrible consequences. World-leading, NZ-based concussion research is helping inform new sports protocols, keeping Kiwis safer while still enjoying the pastimes they love.
Diagnosis & Treatment
Tears can reflect someone’s overall health and wellbeing. Now, researchers are exploring the amazing possibility of using them to diagnose Parkinson’s disease. Early diagnosis could lead to early treatment, improving quality of life for thousands of Kiwis.
Cures
Batten disease affects children, is always fatal and, sadly, there’s no known cure – yet. Now, NZ-based research is bringing the possibility of life-saving gene therapy closer, hopefully preventing the disease altogether.
Join the team that's helping accelerate scientific breakthroughs.
THERE ARE 700+ NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.
Epilepsy. Alzheimer's Disease. Stroke. Dementia. Parkinson's Disease. Muscular Dystrophy. Brain Injury. Multiple Sclerosis. Neuropathy. Synesthesia. Tremor. Wallenberg's Syndrome. Motor Neurone Disease. Migraine. Hypoxia. Huntington's Disease. Dystonia. Cerebral Atrophy. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Autism Spectrum Disorder. Postpartum Anxiety. Fragile X Syndrome. Schizophrenia. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. FND. Ataxia. Glioblastoma. Microcephaly. Batten Disease. Depression. Anxiety. Tinnitus. Spinal Cord Injury. ADHD. Bell's Palsy. Binswanger's Disease. Cerebral Palsy. Dyslexia. Gerstmann's Syndrome. Hemifacial Spasm. Hughes Syndrome. Hydromyelia. Traumatic Brain Injury. Restless Leg Syndrome. Neurotoxicity. Myotonia. Iniencephaly. Gullain-Barre Syndrome. Mitochondrial Myopathy. Trigeminal neuralgia. Cervical Myelopathy. Scoliosis. Hypopituitarism. Sciatica. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Craniosynostosis. Tourette Syndrome. Wilson's Disease. Headache. Meningitis. Syringomyelia. Discitis. Fibromuscular dysplasia. Arthritis. Neurofibromatosis. Alpers Disease. Lesch Nyhan Syndrome. Prospoagnosia.
