Alzheimer's Research

Michael Weiner, MD, Professor in Residence in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at UCSF, is the founder and Principal Investigator (PI) of The Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI)....

Christine M. Glastonbury, MBBS, of UC San Francisco Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) during the opening ceremony of the...

During National Volunteer Week, April 16-22, 2023, we are delighted to recognize the 22 Volunteer Clinical Faculty who join us throughout the year to teach applied clinical and basic sciences...

Neurodegeneration, or the gradual loss of neuron function, is one of the key features of Alzheimer's disease. However, it doesn't affect all parts of the brain equally. One of the first brain regions to show...

In people with no thinking and memory problems, a simple test may predict the risk of developing cognitive impairment years later, according to a study published in the April 19, 2023, online issue of...

Hunter, C. A. et al. Medical costs of Alzheimer’s disease misdiagnosis among US Medicare beneficiaries. Alzheim. Dement. 11, 887–895. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2015.06.1889 (2015).Article  ...

To the authors’ knowledge, this study presents the most comprehensive systematic, semi-targeted metabolomics analysis across multiple regions of the PDD brain, identifying 49 metabolic alterations across nine investigated brain regions, including multiple amino acids...

Normal ageing is associated with progressive cognitive decline. But can we train our brain to delay this process? A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), HES-SO Geneva and EPFL has discovered that practicing...

Steinberg, M. et al. Point and 5-year period prevalence of neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia: the Cache County Study. Int. J. Geriatr. Psychiatry 23, 170–177 (2008).Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  ...

Ascertainment of clinically diagnosed dementia and Alzheimer’s diseaseDate and cause of hospital admissions were derived from Hospital Episode Statistics Admitted Patient Care (England), Patient Episode Database (Wales), and General/ Acute Inpatient and Day Case—Scottish...