Health Conditions and Diseases Neurological Disorders Alzheimer's Research

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• Alzheimer Research Forum - Has plenty of research information for both the professional and the patient.
• Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Search and Rescue Research - Wandering is an important behavior common in Alzheimer's disease that make the disease so critical to the field of search and rescue. Excerpts from a book not yet completely written.
• Alzheimer's Disease Research - Program to fund research and educate the public.
• Alzheimer's Research: National Institute on Aging - Research news and press releases on AD research from the NIA.
• Alzheimer's Research Center - Information about treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's disease and other dementing illnesses.
• Biological Markers for Alzheimer's Disease - A doctoral thesis by Tero Tapiola.
• Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research (CNDR) - Information about Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases for researchers, physicians, patients and families.
• Expert BioMed Inc Biotechnology Alzheimer - Private company for anti-Alzheimer's disease therapeutics.
• Geriatric Studies Center - Alzheimer's Disease Research Center - AD, mild cognitive impairment, clinical trials, geriatric studies, and information on resources available to patients.
• Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center - resource for the collection and distribution of human brain specimens for brain research into neurological disorders and psychiatric illnesses.
• Imaging Research Seeks Early Detection of Alzheimer's Risk - Using functional magnetic resonance imaging brain scans, researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin are looking for a way to spot patients at high risk for AD even before they develop symptoms. From Health Link MCW.
• Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia - Includes information about the clinic, research and caregiver support.
• The Lost Alzheimer's and Related Disorders Search Subject: New Research & Perspectives - Long article based on a search and rescue conference talk discusses the issue of people with dementia wandering away from their caregivers.
• The McCusker Foundation for Alzheimer's Disease Research - To develop early diagnostic tests for Alzheimer's accelerate discovery of effective treatment - Univ. of Western Australia.
• A Molecular Genetic Study of Factors Involved in Alzheimer's Disease - Doctoral thesis by Mikko Hiltunen, University of Kuopio.
• Molecular Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease - Review of genteics.
• MRI of Hippocampus In Incipient Alzheimer's Disease - Doctoral thesis by Mikko Laakso.
• National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center - Facilitates collaborative research among the approxiamately 30 Alzheimer's Disease Centers funded by the National Institute of Aging.
• Stanford / VA Palo Alto Alzheimer's Research Center of California - Offers support groups, clinical trials, sleep studies, dementia clinic FAQs, publications from staff members and contact information.
• Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain - Sponsored by the U.S. National Institute on Aging, facilitating research and educational programs relating to Alzheimer's Disease and other age-related neurodegenerative diseases.
• University of Washington Alzheimer's Disease Research Center - Information for researchers, health care providers and families.

• BBC: Loneliness link with Alzheimer's - People who are lonely are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's disease, a large US study has suggested. (February 6, 2007)
• BBC: Alzheimer's vaccine 'in a patch' - A patch to deliver a vaccine against Alzheimer's disease has been shown to be safe. (January 23, 2007)
• BBC: Gene 'increases Alzheimer's risk' - People born with a certain gene may have a greater risk of developing Alzheimer's, scientists say. (January 15, 2007)
• BBC: Scan could spot early Alzheimer's - Researchers developed a test which could lead to better treatments and faster diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. (December 27, 2006)
• BBC: Alzheimer's risk 'is 80% genetic' - Genetic factors could determine up to 80% of a person's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, a study suggests. (February 12, 2006)
• Current Research on Alzheimer's, Memory Loss, and Aging - An article from the Medical College of Wisconsin. (January 26, 2001)