CADASIL
The Brain Prize 2019 was awarded to Marie-Germaine Bousser, Hugues Chabriat, Anne Joutel and Elisabeth Tournier-Lasserve for 'their groundbreaking research on the clinical, genetic, cellular and molecular basis of a brain syndrome, known as CADASIL.
The Brain Prize Winners 2019
About the research in CADASIL:
The Brain Prize 2019 was awarded to Marie-Germaine Bousser, Hugues Chabriat, Anne Joutel and Elisabeth Tournier-Lasserve for 'their groundbreaking research on the clinical, genetic, cellular and molecular basis of a brain syndrome, known as CADASIL. Their achievement is a beautiful illustration of a clinical observation leading to fundamental discoveries about brain disease with implications for the understanding of causes of dementia, migraine and stroke.
Brain Prize 2029 Announcement film:
Lene Skole, CEO of the Lundbeck Foundation introduces the Brain Prize and the goals of Lundbeck foundation. Kim Krogsgaard, Director of The Brain Prize announces the winners, and Professor Anders Björkland, Chair of The Brain Prize selection committee describes the motivation for awarding the prize to Marie-Germaine Bousser, Hugues Chabriat, Anne Joutel and Elisabeth Tournier-Lasserve. Marie-Germain Bousser gives a lecture outlining the history of CADASIL research.
Brain Prize 2019 Explainer:
CADASIL In 2019 Marie-Germaine Bousser, Hugues Chabriat, Anne Joutel and Elisabeth Tournier-Lasserve won The Brain Prize in recognition of the more than 30 years spent describing, understanding, and diagnosing CADASIL, which is the most common hereditary form of stroke. In this film, Marie-Germaine Bousser tells the remarkable story of the discovery of CADASIL.
Brain Prize 2019 Portrait film:
This film details the research stories of the four Brain Prize winners of 2019, from the first encounter with a CADASIL patient, the realization that CADASIL was a hereditary disease, the identification of Notch3 as the causative gene, how mutations in Notch3 cause the disease and the search for a cure.
