Purpose:

All organs in the body are stimulated by nerves, which send signals that affect the organ’s function. The NIH Common Fund’s Stimulating Peripheral Activity to Relieve Conditions (SPARC) program aims to transform our understanding of these nerve-organ interactions and ultimately advance the neuromodulation field toward precise treatment of diseases and conditions. To achieve this goal, SPARC supports a consortium that is mapping, modeling and simulating the peripheral nervous system. Through the SPARC Portal, researchers can Explore data, View maps, and Run computations.

Funder(s):

NIH Common Fund, Office of the Director

Grant #: 1 OT2 OD030541-01

FDI LAB PERsonnel:

Anita Bandrowski, Ph. D., Jeffrey Grethe, Ph. D., Tom Gillespie, Gabi Pine, Anna Pilko, Monique Surles-Zeigler, Ph. D., Maryann E. Martone, Ph. D.

Collaborator(s):

Bernard de Bono, M.D ; SPARC consortium, Peter Hunter Ph.D.