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About the call
Several non-pharmacological interventions have been shown to be effective and accepted by the patients, eg, from existing cohort data. Such interventions may include, among others, psychosocial interventions, neuromodulation, nutrition or exercise. Although neurodegenerative diseases are being recognized as multifactorial syndromes, there is little interaction between biomedical and psychosocial approaches. One rationale for integrating biomedical and psychosocial research is the discordance between neuropathology and cognitive functioning. However, there is still little knowledge about the mechanisms of non-pharmacological interventions, eg at the molecular or cellular level.
Aim of the call
The aim of the call is to establish a number of ambitious, innovative, multi-disciplinary and multinational collaborative research projects that aim at understanding the biomedical, psychological and / or social mechanisms of non-pharmaceutical interventions in order to identify potential target sites for enhanced personalized interventions or a combination of pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions. Proposals must focus on one or more of the following neurodegenerative diseases:
- Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
- Parkinson's disease and PD - related disorders
- Prion diseases
- Motor neuron diseases
- Huntington's disease
- Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA)
- Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
Eligibility
At least one Danish non-academia institution as co-applicant in the transnational consortium.
National guidelines section 9 for specific funding criteria
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Proposals to this call must be ambitious, innovative, multi-disciplinary and multi-national, ie include research teams from at least three different countries. They must be hypothesis driven and should have a strong focus on methodology.
Participating funding organizations should clarify the national and regional funding possibilities in detail in the published National specific guidelines.
