Links to NIA research relevant to Objective C-1

Clinical Trials

• Brain Aging Project--Kansas University
• Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Study
• MIRAGE: Multi-Institutional Research in Alzheimer's Genetic Epidemiology
• SMART: Somatotrophics, Memory, and Aging Research Trial
• Influence of Fitness on Brain and Cognition
• The Brain Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Study: Bringing to Light the Risk Factors
• Genetic Characterization of Dementia

NIA Research Advances

• Study Finds Mix of Disease Processes at Work in Brains of Most People with Dementia
• Researchers Discover Misfolded Protein Clumps Common to Dementia, Lou Gehrig's Disease
• Scientists Suggest New Pathway Causing Cell Death in Dementia
• Scientists Discover New Frontotemporal Dementia Gene
• Scientists Find New Genetic Clue to Cause of Alzheimer's Disease
• Exercise Associated with Reduced Risk of Dementia in Older Adults

Current Funding Opportunities

• Research on the Cognitive Sequelae Of Parkinson's Disease (PA-06-194 R03) (PA-06-195/R21)
• Ancillary Studies to the AD Neuroimaging Initiative (PA-06-241/R21)

Funding Opportunities No Longer Open

• Neurovascular Mechanisms of Brain Function and Disease (PAS-07-197/R01) (PAS-06-200/R21)
• Functional Links between the Immune System, Brain Function and Behavior (PA-07-088/R01) (PA-06-533/R21)
• International network for identification, evaluation, and follow-up of families with early onset dominantly inherited Alzheimer’s disease (RFA-AG-08-002/U01)
• Tools and Techniques for Elucidating and Manipulating Neural Circuit Development (RFA-MH-08-060/R21)
• Biomarkers for Neurodegeneration (RFA-NS-07-004/R21)
• Brain Disorders in the Developing World: Research Across the Lifespan (PAR-06-420/R21)
• Ancillary Studies to the AD Neuroimaging Initiative (PA-07-134/R01)

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