Alzheimer's research news / Dr. Edgerly, Executive Director / Research
by eedgerly · Published August 14, 2014 · Last modified January 19, 2016
The journal Neurology published an article describing the results of a study that confirmed a strong association between low levels of vitamin D and increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in elderly people...
Alzheimer's research news / Dr. Edgerly, Executive Director / Research
by eedgerly · Published May 9, 2014 · Last modified January 19, 2016
If there was a test that could diagnose Alzheimer’s before the onset of symptoms, would you take it? Most people indicate they’d rather not know. But what if we could intervene in the earliest...
Alzheimer's research news / Dr. Edgerly, Executive Director / Research
by eedgerly · Published March 3, 2014 · Last modified January 19, 2016
Just last week, we awarded a special type of grant we call an Every Day Technologies for Alzheimer’s Care grant to Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, Ph.D., professor of research in the department of Psychiatry and Behavioral...
Alzheimer's research news / News and notes / Newsletter / Research
by Alzheimer's Association · Published February 25, 2014 · Last modified January 19, 2016
The Alzheimer’s Association is the largest private, nonprofit funder of Alzheimer’s research and we are proud that so many of the world’s leading Alzheimer’s innovators can be found right here in our own back...
Alzheimer's research news / Dr. Edgerly, Executive Director / Research
by eedgerly · Published January 16, 2014 · Last modified January 19, 2016
Many of you have seen headlines in the news that imply there is a new online test for Alzheimer’s disease. Created by researchers at Ohio State University, the test was made available online and...
Alzheimer's research news / Dr. Edgerly, Executive Director / Research
by eedgerly · Published January 7, 2014 · Last modified January 19, 2016
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) recently published an article describing the results of a clinical trial of vitamin E and memantine in people with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease. Here is...
Alzheimer's research news / Dr. Edgerly, Executive Director / Research
by eedgerly · Published December 19, 2013 · Last modified January 19, 2016
We recently awarded a New Investigator Grant to Jin Hyung Lee, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences and Bioengineering for her study “Direct Network Visualization of Alzheimer’s Drug Efficacy Using optogenetic functional MRI (ofMRI).”...
Alzheimer's research news / Dr. Edgerly, Executive Director / Newsletter / Research
by eedgerly · Published October 29, 2013 · Last modified January 19, 2016
We recently awarded a New Investigator Grant to Judy Pa, Ph.D., assistant professor, UCSF Memory and Aging Center for her study “Neurobiological Changes in Network Function and Amyloid Deposition in Alzheimer’s Disease.” In recent...
