BRAIN AGING STUDY
Help scientists in Pasadena discover new ways to detect Alzheimer's disease.
What's the goal? To find the causes of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias and develop early detection tests. If detected early, these diseases can be treated more effectively.
Who can take part? You can volunteer if you're at least 60 years old, cognitively healthy, not on anticoagulant medicines and able to undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
What do volunteers do? You'll be interviewed about your medical history and undergo non-invasive and minimally-invasive tests, including: physical exams, electroencephalography (EEG), memory and thinking skill testing, lumbar puncture, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), retina exams, providing blood and urine samples, and other tests.
How much time does it take? You'll make four to 12 visits, each about two hours long, over the course of three months—all at our facility in Pasadena, California. These visits will be repeated every few years. You'll be compensated for your time.
Who leads the study? Robert Kloner, MD, PhD, Chief Science Officer and Professor of Cardiovascular Research/Clinical Neuroscience and Xianghong Arakaki, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor and Head of the Cognition and Brain Integration Laboratory, Department of Neurosciences, HMRI.
INTERESTED? PLEASE CONTACT:
David Buennagel, HMRI Clinical Research Coordinator
david.buennagel@hmri.org or 626.389.3421
Huntington Medical Research Institutes
686 South Fair Oaks Avenue
Pasadena, California 91105
INTERESTED? PLEASE CONTACT:
David Buennagel, HMRI Clinical Research Coordinator
david.buennagel@hmri.org or 626.389.3421
Huntington Medical Research Institutes
686 South Fair Oaks Avenue
Pasadena, California 91105
BACKGROUND
Alzheimer's disease affects over six million Americans. A degenerative disease that slowly destroys brain cells, Alzheimer's leads to a decline in memory and thinking skills. Huntington Medical Research Institutes (HMRI) has been studying the way people's brains age and the causes of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias for two decades. HMRI scientists have published more than 40 research papers related to brain aging.
Today our neurosciences team is developing tests to detect Alzheimer's-like chemistry and subtle abnormality in brain/heart waves in individuals who do not yet show symptoms of the disease. These tests aim to predict the risk of future development of dementia.
Established in 1952, HMRI conducts game-changing studies of the brain and heart and the connection between the two. HMRI scientists have helped develop the cerebrospinal fluid shunt system, automobile safety standards that prevent brain injury, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology, among other medical breakthroughs.