DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS

Vision – Improve the health and lives of people with Parkinson’s disease through innovative, clinically meaningful treatments

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Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a degenerative movement disorder of the central nervous system resulting from a loss of neurons in a region of the brain called the substantia nigra. These neurons produce dopamine, a neurotransmitter important for motor control; however, as PD progresses, the death of dopaminergic neurons results in reduced dopamine levels and impairment of motor control.

For FY22, Congress transitioned the Neurotoxin Exposure Treatment Parkinson’s (NETP) program to the Parkinson’s Research Program (PRP) and broadened the research from neurotoxin exposure treatment PD research to all types of PD research. The PRP challenges the scientific community to develop the most impactful research that will advance the understanding of the disease, with the ultimate goal of ending PD.

For information on toxic exposure research, please go to the Toxic Exposures Research Program at CDMRP.



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Congressional Appropriations

  • $32 million
    FY22-23
  • $16 million
    FY24

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Vision

Improve the health and lives of people with Parkinson’s disease through innovative, clinically meaningful treatments

Mission

To support high impact Parkinson's research that alters disease progression, improves disease symptoms, and develops treatments that benefit Service members and their families, Veterans, and the general public.







Last updated Wednesday, October 16, 2024