BRAIN AGING STUDY: VETERANS
Help scientists in Pasadena discover new ways to detect brain and cardiovascular injury.
What's the goal? To develop tests that can detect brain and cardiovascular injury in veterans before symptoms appear.
Who can take part? You can volunteer if you are a military veteran at least 18 years of age, an English speaker, able to see and read a computer screen and type on a computer, and have no bleeding disorder or other active, unstable medical disorder.
What do volunteers do? You'll undergo a range of tests. These include mental health questionnaires, cognitive challenge tests, electroencephalography (EEG), electrocardiogram (EKG), measuring blood pressure and flow, and providing blood and urine samples.
How much time does it take? You'll make about three 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, Head of Clinical Brain Aging, HMRI, and Xianghong Arakaki, MD, PhD, Head of the Cognition and Brain Integration Laboratory, 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
Military veterans often suffer health problems as a result of war zone deployment, training accidents and other traumas. These problems include post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), brain injury and heart disease. But sometimes vets don't experience symptoms until long after the trauma occurs.
Researchers at Huntington Medical Research Institutes (HMRI) have already developed tests to identify subtle brain and heart changes in adults as they age. We are now seeking veterans to participate in a new study: to see whether our tests can detect brain and cardiovascular injury in vets before they show symptoms. Early detection may enable vets to seek medical care to prevent or slow the development of diseases related to these injuries.
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.