Understanding Dementia Risk Factors
Clinical research in Alzheimer's disease investigates the impact of modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors for dementia. This helps determine when dementia symptoms might first appear and how fast dementia may progress from mild to moderate to severe cognitive impairment.
Additional Studies
- ADRC Clinical Core Study
People who join the Clinical Core attend a yearly or every other year visit with a study partner. Study procedures include memory and thinking ability evaluations, physical examination, blood collection, lumbar puncture, and brain scans. They also agree to be contacted about other ADRC-affiliated studies.
Population and age group: People with Alzheimer's disease, people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), People age 45-65 with or without a parental history of AD.
Principal Investigator: Sanjay Asthana, MD
Contact: TBD
