Evaluating the safety and efficacy of LY3154207 (positive allosteric modulator of the D1 receptor) on cognition in patients with mild-moderate Parkinson’s disease dementia. Study is looking for adults with Parkinson’s disease and dementia age 40-85, with well-controlled blood pressure and a reliable caregiver who is able to be present for certain visits. Contact Braden DeWeese at deweeseb@med.umich.edu or 734-615-5495 for more information.

PRESENCE Trial Flyer

Evaluating the safety and efficacy of BHV-4157 in Patients with Mild to Moderate Alzheimer’s Disease. Study is looking for participants ages 50-85 with a reliable and available study partner to attend study visits. Eligible participants should be receiving a stable dose of FDA-approved AD medication(s) for at least 3 months prior to screening. For Ann Arbor, contact Courtney Graft at ccgraft@med.umich.edu or (734) 763-2211. For Lansing, contact Dennis Shubitowski at dennis.shubitowski@hc.msu.edu or 517-884-2286.

T2 Study Flyer

Evaluating the efficacy (as well as safety and tolerability) of E2027 on cognition in subjects with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB).  The study is looking for participants age 50-85 with probable DLB who have a reliable and available study partner to attend the 10 study visits over 22 weeks. Participants will receive either E2027 or placebo. Contact Jackie Dobson at jdobs@med.umich.edu or 734-998-8400.

This study is evaluating the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of AVP-786 compared to placebo for the treatment of agitation in patients with dementia of the Alzheimer's type. Patients are enrolled for 16 weeks with up to 4 weeks for screening and 12 weeks of treatment (either placebo or AVP-786). At the conclusion of this study, patients are offered to continue in the next phase of the study to evaluate the long-term safety and maintenance of efficacy for AVP-786. The length is approximately 56 weeks and all patients are on varying blinded doses of AVP-786. This study is enrolling participants in Lansing. Contact Dennis Shubitowski at dennis.shubitowski@hc.msu.edu or 517-884-2286.

Examining the benefits of two types of treatments for memory impairment – cognitive rehabilitation and electrical brain stimulation. Study is looking for adults with mild cognitive impairment over the age of 50. Contact Julia Laing at laingjul@med.umich.edu or 734-764-4709.

Investigating the potential benefits of varying ‘doses’ of non-invasive electrical brain stimulation combined with cognitive rehabilitation. Study is looking for adults with mild cognitive impairment over the age of 55. Contact Rachael Snyder at rlsnyder@med.umich.edu or 734-936-7360.

Determining the relationships among clinical, cognitive, imaging, genetic, and biomarker characteristics of the entire spectrum of AD as it progresses from a preclinical stage to very mild symptoms to mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to dementia. Study is looking for adults age 55-90 with normal cognition, MCI, or mild AD. Contact Lisa Zbizek-Nulph at lzbizek@med.umich.edu or 734-232-1199.

This study is looking at factors related to health information behavior, brain activity, and self-management in African American women.  The study is looking for African American women 21-64 years of age diagnosed with hypertension and diabetes (or with elevated blood sugar levels).  Contact Lenette Jones at lenettew@umich.edu or 734-763-1371.

Investigating new brain imaging approaches that investigators hope will identify protein accumulations in the brain of individual patients with PD-related dementia. This study is looking for adults age 55 and older with Parkinson’s disease dementia (PDD), Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB), or Alzheimer’s disease with at least one symptom of DLB. Contact Christine Minderovic at cmindero@med.umich.edu or 734-998-8420.

LBD Biomarkers Study Flyer

The purpose of this study is to determine if imaging of the eye can be used to provide investigators new information about diagnosing AD and FTD as well as monitoring the progression of these diseases. This study is recruiting adults age 45 – 80 who are cognitively normal or have been diagnosed with either AD or FTD. This study will take place at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center and University Hospital in Ann Arbor. Contact Dr. Omar Moinuddin, MD at omoinudd@med.umich.edu or 734-232-8404.

Ocular Imaging Study Flyer

The purpose of this study is to learn about the best ways to communicate educational information about amyloid imaging brain scans and risk information about the chance of developing AD. Study is enrolling cognitively normal adults ages 65 to 80, have/had at least one first-degree relative (i.e., parent or siblings) with Alzheimer’s disease. Contact Lan Le at revealstudy@umich.edu or 734-615-2422. This study team sees participants in Ann Arbor and Detroit.

Longitudinal study investigating functional and structural brain changes in healthy older adults with and without cognitive complaints.  Study is looking for adults age 60 or older with worrisome memory complaints or a diagnosis of MCI.  Contact the Wayne State University Connect Lab at connectlab@wayne.edu or 313-664-2670.  This study team is recruiting for visits at Wayne State University in Detroit.

Investigating changes in cognitive functioning over time to learn more about normal aging and neurodegenerative diseases. Study is looking for adults with or without cognitive changes over the age of 55. Contact Holly Bunker at hlbunker@med.umich.edu or 734-615-5319. This study team sees participants in Ann Arbor and Detroit.

Testing a new set of measurements – the NIH Toolbox for Assessment of Neurological and Behavioral Function – for their ability to detect early signs of cognitive decline and to differentiate among cognitive health and cognitive illness. Participants must be part of – or willing to be part of –  the University of Michigan Memory and Aging Project (UM-MAP) in addition to this study. The study is looking for adults with normal cognition, mild cognitive impairment, or Alzheimer’s disease age 65-85.  Contact Yonatan Kahsay at ykahsay@med.umich.edu or 734-936-8281.  This study team sees participants in Ann Arbor and Detroit.

The goal of this study is to understand driving behavior and factors that might influence how older adults drive. Being able to drive safely allows older adults to do many life-long activities that are important to them. Despite the importance of this topic, there has been little research studying factors that impact older adults in different driving scenarios. This study is designed to collect information on older adults’ driving over multiple days and on factors, such as physiological responses, that might influence their safe driving. This information will provide an important knowledge base for the future development of personalized systems to promote safe driving for older adults.

Eligible participants will be asked to complete appointments at the University of Michigan Neuropsychology Clinic (UM Neuropsychology) and the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). First, you will be asked to complete one appointment at UM Neuropsychology where you will use a computer-based driving simulator and complete a brief computer-based assessment of thinking and problem solving. This appointment will take up to 2 hours. Next, you will be asked to drive your own vehicle for five separate days while we collect on-road driving data. To do this we will ask you to visit UMTRI each morning and evening. During the first visit to UMTRI, we will install an in-vehicle data collection device and a small camera system in your vehicle. You will then be asked to drive as you normally would that day, returning to UMTRI in the evening to allow study staff to turn the data collection devices off. On each of the remaining four driving days you will return to UMTRI in the morning to turn on the data collection devices and return in the evening to turn them off. You will be asked to complete a survey while the devices are being installed in your vehicle, a brief survey when you return to UMTRI each evening, and a short interview while the devices are being removed from your vehicle at the end of the fifth driving day. The first UMTRI appointment will take up to 2 hours and the remaining UMTRI appointments will take approximately 15 minutes. Finally, for the simulator appointment and on-road driving, you will be asked to wear a chest belt and a special set of gloves that will measure physiological data like heart rate. Participants will be paid a total of $250 – distributed across the study visits.

Participation criteria: Age 65 or older; have a valid driver’s license; have been actively driving for at least one year; drive at least three times per week; drive a car that is model year 1996 or newer; are able to visit UMTRI two times per day during the five days of on-road driving data collection in your own vehicle over a two-week period.

Contact: Natcha Srimaneerungroj at snatcha@med.umich.edu or 734-764-6169.

Testing the utility of electroencephalographic (EEG) and computerized testing in identifying the first signs of dementia in at-risk African Americans. ELECTRA is a collaborative project between Wayne State University and the University of Michigan. Participants must be part of (or willing to be part of) the University of Michigan Memory and Aging Project (UM-MAP) in addition to this study. Eligible participants will be cognitively normal African Americans age 65 or older who are concerned about their memory and thinking. The study team sees participants in Detroit at Wayne State University; travel to Ann Arbor may be required as part of the UM-MAP study. Contact the ELECTRA study team at sshair@med.umich.edu or 313-577-1692.

Investigating how older drivers might change their driving behavior over time and what influences any changes that might occur. Study is looking for both healthy adults and those with MCI age 65 or older. Contact Jennifer Zakrajsek at jzak@umich.edu or 734-615-4740.

Investigating potential benefits of social engagement in healthy older adults, using regular phone or video chat conversations to improve health and well-being. Study is looking for generally healthy adults over the age of 75 in the Detroit metropolitan area who are socially isolated or would like to have more opportunities to talk with others. Contact the study team at I-CONECT_UM@ohsu.edu or 734-647-2676. This study involves phone and video chat visits in the home.

The ACE Project is investigating caregiver mental health, physical health, and social supports with the aim of developing culturally tailored programming. This study is seeking African American/ Black caregivers of persons with dementia or cognitive impairments to complete a survey. Contact Dr. Sheria Robinson-Lane at grices@med.umich.edu or 734-764-9280.  This study team will meet participants in the home.

The purpose of this study is to test the psychoeducational program "Tele-Savvy”, which is an internet-based group education program developed from an in-person program called Savvy Caregiver. Study is looking for informal caregivers (family/friends) of persons living with Alzheimer’s disease or another dementia over the age of 18.  Contact Natasha Spoden at spoden@ohsu.edu or 503-494-6370.  This study occurs via phone and computer (computer or mobile device with internet is necessary).

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Cheran G, Wu L, Lee S, Manoochehri M, Cines S, Fallon E, Lynch T, Heidebrink J, Paulson H, Goldman J, Huey E, Cosentino S: Cognitive Indicators of Preclinical Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia in MAPT Carriers. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2019 Feb;25(2):184-194. doi: 10.1017/S1355617718001005. PMID: 30458895; PMCID: PMC6374161.

Julian MC, Rabia LA, Desai AA, Arsiwala A, Gerson JE, Paulson HL, Kane RS, Tessier PM. Nature-inspired design and evolution of anti-amyloid antibodies. J Biol Chem. 2019 May 24;294(21):8438-8451. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA118.004731. PMID: 30918024.

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Langbaum JB, Karlawish J, Roberts JS, Wood EM, Bradbury A, High N, Walsh TL, Gordon D, Aggarwal R, Davis P, Stowell C, Trisko L, Langlois CM, Reiman EM, Tariot PN. GeneMatch: A novel recruitment registry to conduct at-home APOE genotyping to enhance referrals to Alzheimer’s prevention studies. Alzheimers Dement. 2019 Apr;15(4):515-524. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2018.12.007. PMID: 30772251; PMCID: PMC6461487.

Marino S, Zhou N, Zhao Y, Wang L, Wu Q, Dinov I. HDDA: DataSifter: Statistical Obfuscation of Electronic Health Records and Other Sensitive Datasets. J Stat Comput Simul. 2019;89(2):249-271. doi: 10.1080/00949655.2018.1545228. PMID: 30962669; PMCID: PMC6450541.

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Umstead A, Vega IE. Tau13 Antibody Preferentially Immunoprecipitates High Molecular Weight Tau Proteins. J Alzheimers Dis. 2019;68(2):511-516. doi: 10.3233/JAD-181187. PMID: 30814358; PMCID: PMC6516460.

Wang X, Becker K, Levine N, Zhang M, Lieberman AP, Moore DJ, Ma. Pathogenic alpha-synuclein aggregates preferentially bind to mitochondria and affect cellular respiration. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2019 Mar 14;7(1):41. doi: 10.1186/s40478-019-0696-4. PMID: 30871620; PMCID: PMC6419482.

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Brenowitz WD, Han F, Kukull WA, Nelson PT. Treated hypothyroidism is associated with cerebrovascular disease but not Alzheimer's disease pathology in older adults.  Neurobiol Aging. 2018 Feb;62:64-71. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2017.10.004. PMID: 29107848; PMCID: PMC5743774.

Campbell RJ, Gross E, Lichtenberg PA. Cross-validation of the screening scale in an adult protective services sample. J Elder Abuse Negl. 2018 Nov;8:1-13. doi: 10.1080/08946566.2018.1531098. PMID: 30406729; PMCID: PMC6424609.

Campbell RC, Lichtenberg PA, Hall LN, Teresi JA, Ocepek-Welikson K. Assessment of financial decision making: an informant scale. J Elder Abuse Negl. 2018 Dec;20:1-14. doi: 10.1080/08946566.2018.1556762. PMID: 30570450; PMCID: PMC6445761.

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Cheran G, Silverman H, Manoochehri M, Goldman J, Lee S, Wu L, Cines S, Fallon E, Kelly BD, Olszewska DA, Heidebrink J, Shair S, Campbell S, Paulson H, Lynch T, Cosentino S, Huey ED. Psychiatric symptoms in preclinical behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia in MAPT mutation carriers. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2018 May;89(5):449-455. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2017-317263. PMID: 29353234; PMCID: PMC6317727.

Chopra R, Wasserman AH, Pulst SM, De Zeeuw CI, Shakkottai VG. Protein kinase C activity is a protective modifier of Purkinje neuron degeneration in cerebellar ataxia. Hum Mol Genet. 2018 Apr 15;27(8):1396-1410. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddy050. PMID: 29432535; PMCID: PMC6251693.

Christensen KD, Uhlmann WR, Roberts JS, Linnenbringer E, Whitehouse PJ, Royal CDM, Obisesan TO, Cupples LA, Butson MB, Fasaye GA, Hiraki S, Chen CA, Siebert U, Cook-Deegan R, Green RC. A randomized controlled trial of disclosing genetic risk information for Alzheimer disease via telephone. Genet Med. 2018 Jan;20(1):132-141. doi: 10.1038/gim.2017.103. PMID: 28726810; PMCID: PMC5897910.

Crum J, Wilson J, Sabbagh M. Does taking statins affect the pathological burden in autopsy-confirmed Alzheimer's dementia? Alzheimers Res Ther. 2018 Oct 2;10(1):104. doi: 10.1186/s13195-018-0430-7. PMID: 30285877; PMCID: PMC6169006.

Davis JJ. Performance validity in older adults: Observed versus predicted false positive rates in relation to number of tests administered. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2018 Dec;40(10):1013-1021. doi: 10.1080/13803395.2018.1472221. PMID: 29779432; PMCID: PMC6141322.

Deming Y, Dumitrescu L, Barnes LL, Thambisetty M, Kunkle B, Gifford KA, Bush WS, Chibnik LB, Mukherjee S, De Jager PL, Kukull W, Huentelman M, Crane PK, Resnick SM, Keene CD, Montine TJ, Schellenberg GD, Haines JL, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Larson EB, Johnson SC, Albert M, Moghekar A, Del Aguila JL, Fernandez MV, Budde J, Hassenstab J, Fagan AM, Riemenschneider M, Petersen RC, Minthon L, Chao MJ, Van Deerlin VM, Lee VM, Shaw LM, Trojanowski JQ, Peskind ER, Li G, Davis LK, Sealock JM, Cox NJ; Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI); Alzheimer Disease Genetics Consortium (ADGC), Goate AM, Bennett DA, Schneider JA, Jefferson AL, Cruchaga C, Hohman TJ. Sex-specific genetic predictors of Alzheimer's disease biomarker. Acta Neuropathol. 2018 Dec;136(6):857-872. doi: 10.1007/s00401-018-1881-4. PMID: 29967939; PMCID: PMC6280657.

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Duda M, Zhang H, Li HD, Wall DP, Burmeister M, Guan Y. Brain-specific functional relationship networks inform autism spectrum disorder gene prediction. Transl Psychiatry. 2018 Mar 6;8(1):56. doi: 10.1038/s41398-018-0098-6. PMID: 29507298; PMCID: PMC5838237.

Gallagher D, Kiss A, Lanctot KL, Herrmann N. Toward Prevention of Mild Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults With Depression: An Observational Study of Potentially Modifiable Risk Factors. J Clin Psychiatry. 2018 Nov 27;80(1). pii: 18m12331. doi: 10.4088/JCP.18m12331. PMID: 30549490; PMCID: PMC6296258.

Gallagher D, Kiss A, Lanctot K, Herrmann N. Depression and Risk of Alzheimer Dementia: A Longitudinal Analysis to Determine Predictors of Increased Risk Among Older Adults with Depression. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2018 Aug;26(8):819-827. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2018.05.002. PMID: 29960668 PMCID: PMC6101977.

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Guan Y, Roter DL, Erby LH, Wolff JL, Gitlin LN,Roberts JS, Green RC, Christensen KD. Communication predictors of patient and companion satisfaction with Alzheimer’s disease genetic risk disclosure. J Health Commun. 2018;23(8):807-814. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2018.1528319. PMID 30325721; PMCID: PMC6452435.

Haaksma ML, Calderón-Larrañaga A, Olde Rikkert MGM, Melis RJF, Leoutsakos JS. Cognitive and functional progression in Alzheimer disease: A prediction model of latent classes. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2018 Aug;33(8):1057-1064. doi: 10.1002/gps.4893. PMID: 29761569; PMCID: PMC6039270.

Hadjichrysanthou C, McRae-McKee K, Evans S, de Wolf F, Anderson RM; Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. Potential Factors Associated with Cognitive Improvement of Individuals Diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment or Dementia in Longitudinal Studies. J Alzheimers Dis. 2018;66(2):587-600. doi: 10.3233/JAD-180101. PMID: 30320573; PMCID: PMC6218131.

Hanfelt JJ, Peng L, Goldstein FC, Lah JJ. Latent classes of mild cognitive impairment are associated with clinical outcomes and neuropathology: Analysis of data from the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center. Neurobiol Dis. 2018 Sep;117:62-71. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2018.05.025. PMID: 29859866; PMCID: PMC6093304.

Hoffman GJ, Ha J, Alexander NB, Langa KM, Tinetti M, Min LC. Underreporting of Fall Injuries of Older Adults: Implications for Wellness Visit Fall Risk Screening. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2018 Jul;66(6):1195-1200. doi: 10.1111/jgs.153 60. PMID: 29665016; PMCID: PMC6105546.

Howanitz J, Carney KO, Lichtenberg PA, Donlan A, Sugarman M, Malek, K. Neurocognitive Engagement Therapy: An Innovative Rehabilitation Approach for those with Cognitive Impairment. Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation. 2018 Jan/Mar;34(1):36-47. doi: 10.1097/TGR.0000000000000172.

Kalinin AA, Allyn-Feuer A, Ade A, Fon GV, Meixner W, Dilworth D, Husain SS, de Wet JR, Higgins GA, Zheng G, Creekmore A, Wiley JW, Verdone JE, Veltri RW, Pienta KJ, Coffey DS, Athey BD, Dinov ID. 3D Shape Modeling for Cell Nuclear Morphological Analysis and Classification. Sci Rep. 2018 Sep 12;8(1):13658. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-31924-2. PMID: 30209281; PMCID: PMC6135819.

Kalinin AA, Higgins GA, Reamaroon N, Soroushmehr S, Allyn-Feuer A, DinovID, Najarian K, Athey BD. Deep learning in pharmacogenomics: from gene regulation to patient stratification. Pharmacogenomics. 2018 May;19(7):629-650. doi: 10.2217/pgs-2018-0008. PMID: 29697304; PMCID: PMC6022084.

Kamara DM, Gangishetti U, Gearing M, Willis-Parker M, Zhao L, Hu WT, Walker LC. Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy: Similarity in African-Americans and Caucasians with Alzheimer's Disease. J Alzheimers Dis. 2018;62(4):1815-1826. doi: 10.3233/JAD-170954. PMID: 29614657; PMCID: PMC6103628.

Kaur A, Edland SD, Peavy GM. The MoCA-Memory Index Score: An Efficient Alternative to Paragraph Recall for the Detection of Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2018 Apr-Jun;32(2):120-124. doi: 10.1097/WAD.0000000000000240. PMID: 29319601; PMCID: PMC5963962.

Kotagal V, Spino C, Bohnen NI, Koeppe R, Albin RL. Serotonin, β-amyloid, and cognition in Parkinson disease. Ann Neurol. 2018 May;83(5):994-1002. doi:1002/ana.25236. PMID: 29665066; PMCID: PMC6021203.

Levine DA, Wadley VG, Langa KM, Unverzagt FW, Kabeto MU, Giordani B, Howard G, Howard VJ, Cushman M, Judd SE, Galecki AT. Risk Factors for Poststroke Cognitive Decline The REGARDS Study (Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke). Stroke. 2018 Apr;49(4):987-994. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.018529. PMID: 29581343; PMCID: PMC6419761.

Lichtenberg PA, Gross E, Ficker LJ. Quantifying Risk of Financial Incapacity and Financial Exploitation in Community-dwelling Older Adults: Utility of a Scoring System for the Lichtenberg Financial Decision-making Rating Scale. Clin Gerontol. 2018 Jun:1-15. doi: 10.1080/07317115.2018.1485812. PMID: 29883276; PMCID: PMC6286690.

Lichtenberg PA, Gross E, Campbell R. A Short Form of the Lichtenberg Financial Decision Rating Scale. Clin Gerontol. 2018 Oct:1-10. doi:10.1080/07317115.2018.1527424. PMID: 30321125; PMCID: PMC6465154

Lichtenberg PA, Ocepek-Welikson K, Ficker LJ, Gross E, Rahman-Filipiak A, Teresi JA. Conceptual and Empirical Approaches to Financial Decision-making by Older Adults: Results from a Financial Decision-making Rating Scale. Clin Gerontol. 2018 Jan-Feb;41(1):42-65. doi: 10.1080/07317115.2017.1367748. PMID: 29077531; PMCID: PMC5766370

Lin M, Gong P, Yang T, Ye J, Albin RL, Dodge HH. Big Data Analytical Approaches to the NACC Dataset: Aiding Preclinical Trial Enrichment. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2018 Jan-Mar;32(1):18-27. doi: 10.1097/WAD.0000000000000228. PMID: 29227306; PMCID: PMC5854492.

Lingler JH, Roberts JS, Kim H, Morris J, Hu L, Mattos M, McDade E, Lopez O. Amyloid PET candidates may focus more on benefits than risks of results disclosure. Alzheimers Dement (Amst). 2018 May 30;10:413-420. doi 10.1016/j.dadm.2018.05.003. PMID 30094328; PMCID: PMC6072672.

Lobach I, Sampson J, Alekseyenko A, Lobach S, Zhang L. Case-control studies of gene-environment interactions. When a case might not be the case. PLoS One. 2018 Aug 22;13(8):e0201140. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201140. PMID: 30133451; PMCID: PMC6104951.

Malik AM, Miguez RA, Li X, Ho YS, Feldman EL, Barmada SJ. Matrin 3-dependent neurotoxicity is modified by nucleic acid binding and nucleocytoplasmic localization. Elife. 2018 Jul 17;7:e35977. pii: e35977. doi: 10.7554/eLife.35977. PMID: 30015619; PMCID: PMC6050042.

Marino S, Xu J, Zhao Y, Zhou N, Zhou Y, Dinov ID^. Controlled feature selection and compressive big data analytics: Applications to biomedical and health studies. PLoS One. 2018 Aug 30;13(8):e0202674. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202674. PMID: 30161148; PMCID:PMC6116997.

Nikhil K, Viccaro K, Shah K. Multifaceted Regulation of ALDH1A1 by Cdk5 in Alzheimer's Disease Pathogenesis. Mol Neurobiol. 2019 Feb;56(2):1366-1390. doi: 10.1007/s12035-018-1114-9. PMID: 29948941; PMCID: PMC6368892.

Ornstein KA, Garrido MM, Siu AL, Bollens-Lund E, Langa KM, Kelley AS. Impact of In-Hospital Death on Spending for Bereaved Spouses. Health Serv Res. 2018 Aug;53 Suppl 1:2696-2717. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.12841. PMID: 29488621; PMCID: PMC6056590.

Park SK, Arslan F, Kanneganti V, Barmada SJ, Purushothaman P, Verma SC, Liebman SW. Overexpression of a conserved HSP40 chaperone reduces toxicity of several neurodegenerative disease proteins. Prion. 2018;12(1):16-22. doi: 10.1080/19336896.2017.1423185. PMID: 29308690; PMCID: PMC5871033.

Paulson H. Repeat expansion diseases. Handb Clinical Neurol. 2018;147:105-123. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63233-3.00009-9. PMID: 29325606; PMCID: PMC6485936.

Peloso GM, van der Lee SJ; International Genomics of Alzheimer's Project (IGAP), Destefano AL, Seshardi S. Genetically elevated high-density lipoprotein cholesterol through the cholesteryl ester transfer protein gene does not associate with risk of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Dement (Amst). 2018 Sep 22;10:595-598. doi: 10.1016/j.dadm.2018.08.008. PMID: 30422133; PMCID: PMC6215982.

Petyuk VA, Chang R, Ramirez-Restrepo M, Beckmann ND, Henrion MYR, Piehowski PD, Zhu K, Wang S, Clarke J, Huentelman MJ, Xie F, Andreev V, Engel A, Guettoche T, Navarro L, De Jager P, Schneider JA, Morris CM, McKeith IG, Perry RH, Lovestone S, Woltjer RL, Beach TG, Sue LI, Serrano GE, Lieberman AP, AlbinRL, Ferrer I, Mash DC, Hulette CM, Ervin JF, Reiman EM, Hardy JA, Bennett DA, Schadt E, Smith RD, Myers AJ. The human brainome: network analysis identifies HSPA2 as a novel Alzheimer’s disease target. Brain. 2018 Sep 1;141(9):2721-2739. doi: 10.1093/brain/awy215. PMID: 30137212;  PMCID: PMC6136080.

Pressler SJ, Giordani B, Titler M, Gradus-Pizlo I, Smith D. Dorsey SG, Gao S, Jung M. Design and rationale of the cognitive intervention to improve memory in heart failure patients study. J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2018 Jul/Aug;33(4):344-355. doi: 10.1097/JCN.0000000000000463. PMID: 29601367; PMCID: PMC5995611.

Rahman-Filipiak AM, Giordani B, Heidebrink J, Bhaumik A, Hampstead BM. Self- and Informant-Reported Memory Complaints: Frequency and Severity in Cognitively Intact Individuals and those with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Neurodegenerative Dementias. J Alzheimers Dis. 2018;65(3):1011-1027. doi: 10.3233/JAD-180083. PMID: 30124444; PMCID: PMC6407613.

Reckow J, Rahman-Filipiak A, Garcia S, Schlaefflin S, Calhoun O, DaSilva AF, Bikson M, Hampstead BM. Tolerability and blinding of 4x1 high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS) at two and three milliamps. Brain Stimul. 2018 Sep-Oct;11(5):991-997. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2018.04.022. PMID: 29784589; PMCID: PMC6512313.

Schaffert J, LoBue C, White CL, Chiang HS, Didehbani N, Lacritz L, Rossetti H, Dieppa M, Hart J, Cullum CM. Traumatic brain injury history is associated with an earlier age of dementia onset in autopsy-confirmed Alzheimer's disease. Neuropsychology. 2018 May;32(4):410-416. doi: 10.1037/neu0000423. PMID: 29389151; PMCID: PMC5975092.

Schoeni RF, Freedman VA, Langa KM. Introduction to a Supplement on Population Level Trends in Dementia: Causes, Disparities, and Projections. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2018 Apr;73(suppl_1):S1-S9. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gby007. PMID:29669106; PMCID: PMC6018954

Sharkey LM, Safren N, Pithadia AS, Gerson JE, Dulchavsky M, Fischer S, Patel R, Lantis G, Ashraf N, Kim JH, Meliki A, Minakawa EN, Barmada S, Ivanova MI, Paulson HL. Mutant UBQLN2 promotes toxicity by modulating intrinsic self-assembly. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Oct 30;115(44):E10495-E10504. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1810522115. PMID: 30333186; PMCID: PMC6217421.

Silbert LC, Lahna D, Promjunyakul NO, Boespflug E, Ohya Y, Higashiuesato Y, Dodge HH. Risk Factors Associated with Cortical Thickness and White Matter Hyperintensities in Dementia Free Okinawan Elderly. J Alzheimers Dis. 63(1):365-372. doi: 10.3233/JAD-171153. PMID: 29578488; PMCID: PMC5900560.

Singer BH, Dickson RP, Denstaedt SJ, Newstead MW, Kim K, Falkowski NR, Erb-Downward JR, Schmidt TM, Huffnagle GB, Standiford TJ. Bacterial Dissemination to the Brain in Sepsis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 Mar 15;197(6):747-756. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201708-1559OC. PMID: 29232157; PMCID: PMC5855074.

Tank EM, Figueroa-Romero C, Hinder LM, Bedi K, Archbold HC, Li X, Weskamp K, Safren N, Paez-Colasante X, Pacut C, Thumma S, Paulsen MT, Guo K, Hur J, Ljungman M, Feldman EL, Barmada SJ. Abnormal RNA stability in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Nat Commun. 2018 Jul 20;9(1):2845. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05049-z. PMID: 30030424; PMCID: PMC6054632.

Tarraf W, Criqui MH, Allison MA, Wright CB, Fornage M, Daviglus M, Kaplan RC, Davis S, Conceicao AS, González HM. Ankle brachial index and cognitive function among Hispanics/Latinos: Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. Atherosclerosis. 2018 Apr;271:61-9. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2018.02.016. PMID: 29459267; PMCID: PMC6467470.

Tiernan CT, Mufson EJ, Kanaan NM, Counts SE. Tau Oligomer Pathology in Nucleus Basalis Neurons During the Progression of Alzheimer Disease. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2018 Mar;77(3):246-259. doi:1093/jnen/nlx120. PMID: 29378005; PMCID: PMC6251641.

Tiernan CT, Ginsberg SD, He B, Ward SM, Guillozet-Bongaarts AL, Kanaan NM, Mufson EJ, Counts SE. Pretangle pathology within cholinergic nucleus basalis neurons coincides with neurotrophic and neurotransmitter receptor gene dysregulation during the progression of Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol Dis. 2018 Sep;117:125-136. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2018.05.021. PMID: 29859871; PMCID: PMC6278831.

Uhlmann WR, Roberts JS. Ethical issues in neurogenetics. Handb Clin Neurol. 2018;147:23-36. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63233-3.00003-8. PMID: 29325614; PMCID: PMC5896012.

Vega IE, Umstead A, Wygant CM, Beck JS, Counts SE.  Ezrin Expression is Increased During Disease Progression in a Tauopathy Mouse Model and Alzheimer's Disease. Curr Alzheimer Res. 2018;15(12):1086-1095. doi: 10.2174/1567205015666180813152043. PMID:30101710; PMCID: PMC6522142.

Vega IE, Sutter A, Parks L, Umstead A, Ivanova MI. Tau's Three-Repeat Domain and EFhd2 Co-incubation Leads to Increased Thioflavin Signal. Front Neurosci. 2018 Dec 3;12:879. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00879. PMID:30559642; PMCID: PMC6286997.

Wang Q, Guo L, Thompson PM, Jack CR, DodgeH, Zhan L^, Zhou J; Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative and National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center. The Added Value of Diffusion-Weighted MRI-Derived Structural Connectome in Evaluating Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Multi-Cohort Validation1. J Alzheimers Dis. 2018;64(1):149-169. doi: 10.3233/JAD-171048. PMID: 29865049; PMCID: PMC6272125.

Wang B, Zeng L, Merillat SA, Fischer S, Ochaba J, Thompson LM, Barmada SJ, Scaglione KM, Paulson HL. The ubiquitin conjugating enzyme Ube2W regulates solubility of the Huntington's disease protein, huntingtin. Neurobiol Dis. 2018 Jan;109(Pt A):127-136. doi:1016/j.nbd.2017.10.002. PMID: 28986324;  PMCID: PMC5973538.

Weden MM, Shih RA, Kabeto MU, Langa KM. Secular Trends in Dementia and Cognitive Impairment of U.S. Rural and Urban Older Adults. Am J Prev Med. 2018 Feb;54(2):164-172. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2017.10.021. PMID: 29246677; PMCID: PMC5783777.

Wei MY, Kabeto MU, Langa KM, Mukamal KJ. Multimorbidity and Physical and Cognitive Function: Performance of a New Multimorbidity-Weighted Index. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2018 Jan;73(2):225-232. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glx114. PMID: 28605457; PMCID: PMC5861895.

Weintraub S, Besser L, Dodge HH, Teylan M, Ferris S, Goldstein FC, Giordani B, Kramer J, Loewenstein D, Marson D, Mungas D, Salmon D, Welsh-Bohmer K, Zhou XH, Shirk SD, Atri A, Kukull WA, Phelps C, Morris JC. Version 3 of the Alzheimer Disease Centers' Neuropsychological Test Battery in the Uniform Data Set (UDS). Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2018 Jan;32(1):10-17. doi: 10.1097/WAD.0000000000000223. PMID: 29240561; PMCID: PMC5821520.

Weskamp K, Barmada SJ. TDP43 and RNA instability in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Brain Res. 2018 Aug;1693(Pt A):67-74. pii: S0006-8993(18)30023-4. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2018.01.015. PMID: 29395044; PMCID: PMC5997512.

Weskamp K, Barmada SJ. RNA Degradation in Neurodegenerative Disease. Adv Neurobiol. 2018;20:103-142. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-89689-2_5. PMID: 29916018; PMCID: PMC6498147.

Wilmoth K, LoBue C, Clem MA, Reddy R, Hynan LS, Didehbani N, Bell K, Womack KB, Hart J Jr, Batjer H, Cullum CM. Consistency of traumatic brain injury reporting in older adults with and without cognitive impairment. Clin Neuropsychol. 2018 Apr;32(3):524-529. doi: 10.1080/13854046.2017.1378371 PMID: 28988512; PMCID: PMC5851823.

Zhang H, Zhu F, DodgeHH, Higgins GA, Omenn GS, Guan Y, Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. A similarity-based approach to leverage multi-cohort medical data on the diagnosis and prognosis of Alzheimer's disease. Gigascience. 2018 Jul;7(7):giy085. doi: 10.1093/gigascience/giy085. PMID: 30010762; PMCID: PMC6054197.

Al-Ramahi I, Giridharan SSP, Chen YC, Patnaik S, Safren N, Hasegawa J, de Haro M, Wagner Gee AK, Titus SA, Jeong H, Clarke J, Krainc D, Zheng W, Irvine RF, Barmada S, Ferrer M, Southall N, Weisman LS, Botas J, Marugan JJ. Inhibition of PIP4Kγ ameliorates the pathological effects of mutant huntingtin protein. Elife. 2017 Dec 26;6. pii: e29123. doi: 10.7554/eLife.29123 PMID: 29256861 PMCID: PMC5743427

Albin RL. Mitigating the burden of neurological disease. Annals of neurology. 2017 Aug;82(2):315. doi: 10.1002/ana.25001 PMID: 28752897 PMCID: PMC5870892.

Albin RL. Polyglutamine inclusion body toxicity. Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society. 2017 December;32(12):1686. doi: 10.1002/mds.27226 PMID: 29119663 PMCID: PMC5744902

Ankuda CK, Harris J, Ornstein K, Levine DA, Langa KM, Kelley AS. Caregiving for Older Adults with Obesity in the United States. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Sep;65(9):1939-1945. doi: 10.1111/jgs.14918 PMID: 28449347 PMCID: PMC5603353

Ankuda CK, Maust DT, Kabeto MU, McCammon RJ, Langa KM, Levine DA. Association Between Spousal Caregiver Well-Being and Care Recipient Healthcare Expenditures. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Oct;65(10):2220-2226. doi: 10.1111/jgs.15039 PMID: 28836269 PMCID: PMC5762126

Anstey KJ, Peters R, Clare L, Lautenschlager NT, Dodge HH, Barnes DE, Shahar S, Brodaty H, Rees G. Joining forces to prevent dementia: The International Research Network On Dementia Prevention (IRNDP). International psychogeriatrics. 2017 November;29(11):1757-1760. PMID: 28899450 PMCID: PMC5873600.

Basal LA, Yan Y, Shen Y, Haacke EM, Mehrmohammadi M, Allen MJ.Oxidation-Responsive, Eu^II/III-Based, Multimodal Contrast Agent for Magnetic Resonance and Photoacoustic Imaging. ACS Omega. 2017 Mar 31, 2(3): 800-805. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.6b00514. PMID: 28393130 PMCID: PMC5377279

Counts SE, Ikonomovic MD, Mercado N, Vega IE, Mufson EJ. Biomarkers for the Early Detection and Progression of Alzheimer's Disease. Neurotherapeutics. 2017 Jan,14(1): 35-53. doi: 10.1007/s13311-016-0481-z. PMID: 27738903 PMCID: PMC5233625

Crosson B, Hampstead BM, Krishnamurthy LC, Krishnamurthy V, McGregor KM, Nocera JR, Roberts S, Rodriguez AM, Tran SM. Advances in Neurocognitive Rehabilitation Research from 1992 to 2017: The Ascension of Neural Plasticity. Neuropsychology. 2017 Aug 31. doi: 10.1037/neu0000396 PMID: 28857600 PMCID: PMC5788715

Dodge HH, Zhu J, Hughes TF, Snitz BE, Chang CH, Jacobsen EP, Ganguli M. Cohort effects in verbal memory function and practice effects: a population-based study.  International Psychogeriatrics. 2017 Jan, 29(1): 137-148. doi: 10.1017/S1041610216001551. PMID: 27725002 PMCID: PMC5177461

Dodge HH, Zhu J, Woltjer R, Nelson PT, Bennett DA, Cairns NJ, Fardo DW, Kaye JA, Erten-Lyons D, Mattek N, Schneider JA, Silbert LC, Xiong C, Yu L, Schmitt FA, Kryscio RJ, Abner EL. Risk of incident clinical diagnosis of AD-type dementia attributable to pathology confirmed vascular disease. Alzheimer's & Dementia. Alzheimer's and Dementia. 2017, 13(6): 613–623. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2016.11.003  PMID: 28017827 PMCID: PMC5466467

Davis MA, Guo C, Sol K, Langa KM, Nallamothu BK. Trends and Disparities in the Number of Self-reported Healthy Older Adults in the United States, 2000 to 2014. JAMA internal medicine. 2017 November 1;177(11):1683-1684. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.4357 PMID: 28975206 PMCID: PMC5753793

Gardner RC, Langa KM, Yaffe K. Subjective and objective cognitive function among older adults with a history of traumatic brain injury: A population-based cohort study. PLoS Med. 2017 Mar 7, 14(3): e1002246. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002246. PMID: 28267747 PMCID: PMC5340352

Green KM, Glineburg MR, Kearse MG, Flores BN, Linsalata AE, Fedak SJ, Goldstrohm AC, Barmada SJ, Todd PK. RAN translation at C9orf72-associated repeat expansions is selectively enhanced by the integrated stress response. Nature communications. 2017 December 8;8(1):2005. PubMed PMID: 29222490; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5722904.

Ginsberg SD, Malek-Ahmadi MH, Alldred MJ, Che S, Elarova I, Chen Y, Jeanneteau F, Kranz TM, Chao MV, Counts SE, Mufson EJ. Selective decline of neurotrophin and neurotrophin receptor genes within CA1 pyramidal neurons and hippocampus proper: Correlation with cognitive performance and neuropathology in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease. Hippocampus. 2017 Sept 9. doi:10.1002/hipo.22802. doi: 10.1002/hipo.22802 PMID: 28888073 PMCID: PMC5844851

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Guan Y, Roter DL, Wolff JL, Gitlin LN, Christensen KD, Roberts JS, Green RC, Erby LH. The impact of genetic counselors’ use of facilitative strategies on cognitive and emotional processing of genetic risk disclosure for Alzheimer’s disease. Patient education and counseling. 2017 Nov 27. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2017.11.019 PMID: 29203084 PMCID: PMC5911203

Gupta R, Lan M, Mojsilovic-Petrovic J, Choi WH, Safren N, Barmada S, Lee MJ, Kalb R.The Proline/Arginine Dipeptide from Hexanucleotide Repeat Expanded <i>C9ORF72</i> Inhibits the Proteasome. eNeuro. 2017 Jan 31, 4(1). pii: ENEURO.0249-16.2017. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0249-16.2017. PMID: 28197542 PMCID: PMC5282547

Hampstead BM, Sathian K, Bikson M, Stringer AY. Combined Mnemonic Strategy Training and High-Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Memory Deficits in Mild Cognitive Impairment Alzheimer's & Dementia. Translational Research & Clinical Interventions. 2017, 3(3): 459-470. doi: 10.1016/j.trci.2017.04.008 PMID: 29067352 PMCID: PMC5651427

Hampstead BM, Towler S, Sathian K, Stringer AY. Continuous measurement of object location memory is sensitive to effects of age and mild cognitive impairment and related to medial temporal lobe volume. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring. 2017. doi: 10.1016/j.dadm.2017.10.007 PMID: 29255787 PMCID: PMC5724745

Huang Z, Zhang H, Boss J, Goutman SA, Mukherjee B, Dinov ID, Guan Y; Pooled Resource Open-Access ALS Clinical Trials Consortium. Complete hazard ranking to analyze right-censored data: An ALS survival study. PLoS Comput Biol. 2017 Dec 18;13(12):e1005887. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005887 PMID: 29253881 PMCID: PMC5749893

Jun GR, Chung J, Mez J, Barber R, Beecham GW, Bennett DA, Buxbaum JD, Byrd GS, Carrasquillo MM, Crane PK, Cruchaga C, De Jager P, Ertekin-Taner N, Evans D, Fallin MD, Foroud TM, Friedland RP, Goate AM, Graff-Radford NR, Hendrie H, Hall KS, Hamilton-Nelson KL, Inzelberg R, Kamboh MI, Kauwe JSK, Kukull WA, Kunkle BW, Kuwano R, Larson EB, Logue MW, Manly JJ, Martin ER, Montine TJ, Mukherjee S, Naj A, Reiman EM, Reitz C, Sherva R, St George-Hyslop PH, Thornton T, Younkin SG, Vardarajan BN, Wang LS, Wendlund JR, Winslow AR; Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Consortium, Haines J, Mayeux R, Pericak-Vance MA, Schellenberg G, Lunetta KL, Farrer LA.Transethnic genome-wide scan identifies novel Alzheimer's disease loci. Alzheimer's & dementia: the journal of the Alzheimer's Association. 2017 Jul 1;13(7):727-38. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2016.12.012 PMID: 28183528 PMCID: PMC5496797

Kalinin AA, Palanimalai S, Dinov ID. SOCRAT Platform Design: A Web Architecture for Interactive Visual Analytics Applications. Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Human-In-the-Loop Data Analytics. Workshop on Human-In-the-Loop Data Analytics (2nd : 2017 : Chicago, Ill.). 2017 April;2017. PMID: 29630069 PMCID: PMC5884130

Kelly SC, He B, Perez SE, Ginsberg SD, Mufson EJ, Counts SE. Locus coeruleus cellular and molecular pathology during the progression of Alzheimer's disease. Acta Neuropathological Communications. 2017 Jan 21, 5(1): 8. doi: 10.1186/s40478-017-0411-2. PMID: 28109312 PMCID: PMC5251221

Kotagal V, Bohnen NI, Müller ML, Frey KA, Albin RL. Cerebral amyloid burden and Hoehn and Yahr stage 3 scoring in Parkinson disease. Journal of Parkinson's disease. 2017 Jan 1;7(1):143-7. doi: 10.3233/JPD-160985 PMID: 28106566 PMCID: PMC5470115

Langa KM, Larson EB, Crimmins EM, Faul JD, Levine DA, Kabeto MU, Weir DR. A Comparison of the Prevalence of Dementia in the United States in 2000 and 2012. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2017 Jan 1,177(1): 51-58. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.6807. PMID: 27893041 PMCID: PMC5195883

Larson EB, Langa KM. What's the "Take Home" from Research on Dementia Trends? PLoS Med. 2017 Mar 7, 14(3): e1002236. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002236. PMID: 28267775 PMCID: PMC5340344

Lichtenberg PA, Ocepek-Welikson K, Ficker LJ, Gross E, Rahman-Filipiak A, Teresi JA. Conceptual and empirical approaches to financial decision-making by older adults: Results from a financial decision-making rating scale. Clinical gerontologist. 2018 Jan 1;41(1):42-65. doi: 10.1080/07317115.2017.1367748 PMID: 29077531 PMCID: PMC5766370

Lichtenberg P, Teresi JA, Ocepek-Welikson K, JosEimicke JP. Reliability and Validity of the Lichtenberg Financial Decision Screening Scale. Innovation in Aging. 2017 Mar 1, 00(00): 1–9. doi: 10.1093/geroni/igx003. PMID: 29034335 PMCID: PMC5637552

Lin M, Gong P, Yang T, Ye J , Albin RL, Dodge HH. Big Data Analytical Approaches to the NACC Dataset: Aiding Preclinical Trial Enrichment. Alzheimer's Disease and Associated Disorders. 2017. doi: 10.1097/WAD.0000000000000228 PMID: 29227306 PMCID: PMC5854492

Lindauer A, Seelye A, Lyons B, Dodge HH, Mattek N, Mincks K, Kaye J, Erten-Lyons D. Dementia Care Comes Home: Patient and Caregiver Assessment via Telemedicine. Gerontologist. 2017 Oct 1, 57(5): e85-e93. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnw206.  PMID: 28158415  PMCID: PMC5654345

Luo L, Wang J, Lo RY, Figueroa KP, Pulst SM, Kuo PH, Perlman S, Wilmot G, Gomez CM, Schmahmann J, Paulson H, Shakkottai VG, Ying SH, Zesiewicz T, Bushara K, Geschwind M, Xia G, Subramony SH, Ashizawa T, Kuo SH. The Initial Symptom and Motor Progression in Spinocerebellar Ataxias. Cerebellum (London, England). 2017 June;16(3):615-622. doi: 10.1007/s12311-016-0836-3 PMID: 27848087 PMCID: PMC5429172

Ma X, Bai Y, Lin Y, Hong X, Liu T, Ma L, Haacke EM, Zhou J, Wang J, Wang M. Amide proton transfer magnetic resonance imaging in detecting intracranial hemorrhage at different stages: a comparative study with susceptibility weighted imaging.  Scientific Reports. 2017 Apr 4, 7: 45696. doi: 10.1038/srep45696. PMID: 28374764 PMCID: PMC5379544

Maust DT, Langa KM, Blow FC, Kales HC. Psychotropic use and associated neuropsychiatric symptoms among patients with dementia in the USA. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2017 Feb, 32(2): 164-174. doi: 10.1002/gps.4452. PMID: 26889640 PMCID: PMC4990518

McEvoy CT, Guyer H, Langa KM, Yaffe K. Neuroprotective Diets Are Associated with Better Cognitive Function: The Health and Retirement Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2017 August;65(8):1857-1862. doi: 10.1111/jgs.14922 PMID: 28440854 PMCID: PMC5633651

McKay E and Counts SE. Multi-infarct dementia: a historical perspective. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra. 2017 Jan-Apr, 7(1): 160 - 171. doi: 10.1159/000470836. PMID: 28626470 PMCID: PMC5471781

Ostergren JE, Heeringa SG, Mendes de Leon CF, Connell CM, Roberts JS*. The influence of psychosocial and cognitive factors on perceived threat of Alzheimer’s disease. American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease & Other Dementias. 2017. 32(5), 289-99. doi: 10.1177/1533317517714552. PMID: 28605999 PMCID: PMC5886712

Park SK, Hong JY, Arslan F, Kanneganti V, Patel B, Tietsort A, Tank EMH, Li X, Barmada SJ, Liebman SW. Overexpression of the essential Sis1 chaperone reduces TDP-43 effects on toxicity and proteolysis. PLoS genetics. 2017 May;13(5):e1006805. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006805 PMID: 28531192 PMCID: PMC5460882

Poey JL, Burr JA, Roberts JS. Social connectedness, perceived isolation, and dementia: Does the social environment moderate the relationship between genetic risk and cognitive well-being? The Gerontologist. 2017. 57(6), 1031-40. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnw154. PMID: 28329797

Pressler SJ, Harrison JM, Titler M, Koelling TM, Jung M, Dorsey SG, Bakoyannis G, Riley PL, Hoyland-Domenico L, Giordani B. APOE ε4 and Memory among Patients with Heart Failure.  Western Journal of Nursing Research. 2017, 39(4): 455-472. doi: 10.1177/0193945916670145 PMID: 27733670

Qian J, Wolters FJ, Beiser A, Haan M, Ikram MA, Karlawish J, Langbaum JB, Neuhaus JM, Reiman EM, *Roberts JS, Seshadri S, Tariot PN, Woods BM, Betensky RA, Blacker D. APOE-related risk of mild cognitive impairment and dementia for prevention trials: An analysis of four cohorts. PLoS Med. 2017 Mar 21, 14(3): e1002254. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002254. PMID: 28323826  PMCID: PMC5360223

Ramsey CM, Gnjidic D, Agogo GO, Allore H, Moga D. Longitudinal patterns of potentially inappropriate medication use following incident dementia diagnosis. Alzheimers Dement (N Y). 2017 Nov 26;4:1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.trci.2017.10.008 PMID: 29296658 PMCID: PMC5738721

Ryan KA, Hammers D, DeLeon A, Bilen H, Frey K, Burke J, Albin R, Barbas N, Heidebrink J, Giordani B. Agreement among neuropsychological and behavioral data and PiB findings in diagnosing Frontotemporal Dementia. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 2017 Jun 7. pii: S0967-5868(17)30253-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2017.05.008. PMCID: PMC5581998  PMID: 28601570

Sims R, Van Der Lee SJ, Naj AC, Bellenguez C, Badarinarayan N, Jakobsdottir J, Kunkle BW, Boland A, Raybould R, Bis JC, Martin ER. Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease. Nature genetics. 2017 Sep;49(9):1373. doi: 10.1038/ng.3916 PMID: 28714976 PMCID: PMC5669039

Song W, Woon FL, Doong A, Persad C, Tijerina L, Pandit P, Cline C, Giordani B.  Fatigue in Younger and Older Drivers:  Effectiveness of an Alertness Maintaining Task.  Human Factors. 2017 Sept, 59(6): 995–1008. doi: 10.1177/0018720817706811 PMID: 28510495

Sorrentino V, Romani M, Mouchiroud L, Beck JS, Zhang H, D'Amico D, Moullan N, Potenza F, Schmid AW, Rietsch S, Counts SE, Auwerx J. Enhancing mitochondrial proteostasis reduces amyloid-β proteotoxicity. Nature. 2017 December 14;552(7684):187-193. doi: 10.1038/nature25143 PMID: 29211722 PMCID: PMC5730497

Stelmokas J, Yassay L, Giordani B, Dodge HH, Dinov ID, Bhaumik A, Sathian K, Hampstead BM. Translational MRI Volumetry with NeuroQuant: Effects of Version and Normative Data on Relationships with Memory Performance in Healthy Older Adults and Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 2017, 60; 1499-1510. doi: 10.3233/JAD-170306 PMID: 29060939 PMCID: PMC5858697

Tarraf W, Rodríguez CJ, Daviglus ML, Lamar M, Schneiderman N, Gallo L, Talavera GA, Kaplan RC, Fornage M, Conceicao A, González HM. Blood Pressure and Hispanic/Latino Cognitive Function: Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Results. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD. 2017;59(1):31-42. doi: 10.3233/JAD-170017 PMID: 28582859 PMCID: PMC5567691

Teresi JA, Ocepek-Welikson K, Lichtenberg PA. Item response theory analysis of the Lichtenberg Financial Decision Screening Scale. Journal of elder abuse & neglect. 2017 August;29(4):213-228. doi: 10.1080/08946566.2017.1338170 PMID: 28590882 PMCID: PMC5608641

Vega IE, Cabrera LY, Wygant CM, Velez-Ortiz D, Counts SE. Alzheimer's Disease in the Latino Community: Intersection of Genetics and Social Determinants of Health. J Alzheimers Dis. 2017. 58(4):979-992. doi: 10.3233/JAD-161261 PMID: 28527211 PMCID: PMC5874398.

Weintraub S, Besser L, Dodge HH, Teylan M, Ferris S, Goldstein FC,  Giordani B, Kramer J,  Loewenstein D, Marson D, Mungas D, Salmon D, Welsh-Bohmer K, Zhou X-H, Shirk SD, Atri A, Kukull WA, Phelps C, Morris JC. Version 3 of the Alzheimer's Disease Centers' Neuropsychological Test Battery in the Uniform Data Set (UDS) Change. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders. 2017. doi: 10.1097/WAD.0000000000000223 PMID: 29240561 PMCID: PMC5821520

Yeh AN, Pressler S, Algasse D, Struble L, Giordani B. Integrative review of the relationship between sleep disturbances and episodic memory in older adults, Biological Research for Nursing, Accepted for Publication, 2017.

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Chun SY, Rodriguez CM, Todd PK, Mills RE. SPECtre: a spectral coherence—based classifier of actively translated transcripts from ribosome profiling sequence data. BMC Bioinformatics. 2016 Nov 25, 17(1): 482. doi: 10.1186/s12859-016-1355-4 PMID: 27884106 PMCID: PMC5123373

Flores BN, Dulchavsky ME, Krans A, Sawaya MR, *Paulson HL, Todd PK, Barmada SJ, Ivanova MI. Distinct C9orf72-Associated Dipeptide Repeat Structures Correlate with Neuronal Toxicity.PLoS One. 2016 Oct 24, 11(10): e0165084. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165084 PMID: 27776165 PMCID: PMC5077081

Amiri S, *Dinov ID.  Comparison of genomic data via statistical distribution. J Theor Biol. 2016 Oct 21, 407: 318-27. doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2016.07.032 PMID: 27460589 PMCID: PMC5361063

Dodge HH, Zhu J, Hughes TF, Snitz BE, Chang CH, Jacobsen EP, Ganguli M.Cohort effects in verbal memory function and practice effects: a population-based study.* Int Psychogeriatr. 2017 Jan, 29(1): 137-148. doi: 10.1017/S1041610216001551 PMID: 27725002 PMCID: PMC5177461

Bikson M, Grossman P, Thomas C, Zannou AL, Jiang J, Adnan T, Mourdoukoutas AP, Kronberg G, Truong D, Boggio P, Brunoni AR, Charvet L, Fregni F, Fritsch B, Gillick B, Hamilton RH, *Hampstead BM, Jankord R, Kirton A, Knotkova H, Liebetanz D, Liu A, Loo C, Nitsche MA, Reis J, Richardson JD, Rotenberg A, Turkeltaub PE, Woods AJ. Safety of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation: Evidence Based Update 2016. Brain Stimul. 2016 Sep-Oct, 9(5): 641-61. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2016.06.004. PMID: 27372845 PMCID: PMC5007190

Counts SE, He B, Prout JG, Michalski B, Farotti L, Fahnestock M, Mufson EJ. Cerebrospinal Fluid proNGF: A Putative Biomarker for Early Alzheimer's Disease. Current Alzheimer research. 2016;13(7):800-8. PMID: 26825093

Díaz-Venegas C, Downer B, Langa KM, Wong R. Racial and ethnic differences in cognitive function among older adults in the USA. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2016 Sep, 31(9): 1004-12. doi: 10.1002/gps.4410 PMID: 26766788 PMCID: PMC4945484

Dodge HH, Zhu J, Woltjer R, Nelson PT, Bennett DA, Cairns NJ, Fardo DW, Kaye JA, Lyons DE, Mattek N, Schneider JA, Silbert LC, Xiong C, Yu L, Schmitt FA, Kryscio RJ, Abner EL. Risk of incident clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease-type dementia attributable to pathology-confirmed vascular disease. SMART data consortium. Alzheimers Dement. 2016 Dec 23, 13(6): 613-623. pii: S1552-5260(16)33091-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2016.11.003 PMID: 28017827 PMCID: PMC5466467  

Hammers D, Ramirez G, Persad C, Heidebrink J, Barbas N, Giordani B. Diagnostic profiles of patients differentially failing executive functioning measures. American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease & Other Dementias. 2016, 31(3): 214-222. doi: 10.1177/1533317515603114 PMID: 26340963

 Ivo D. Dinov. Methodological challenges and analytic opportunities for modeling and interpreting Big Healthcare Data. GigaScience. 2016 Dec, 5(1): 1-15. doi: 10.1186/s13742-016-0117-6 PMID: 26918190 PMCID: PMC4766610

Karlawish J, Langa KM. Unfinished Business in Preventing Alzheimer Disease. JAMA internal medicine. 2016 December 1;176(12):1739-1740. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.6310 PMID: 27749947 PMCID: PMC5458728

Kavcic V, Zalar B, Giordani B. The relationship between baseline EEG spectra power and memory performance in older African Americans endorsing cognitive concerns in a community setting. International Journal of Psychophysiology. 2016, 109: 116-123. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2016.09.001 PMID: 27613569

Monsell SE, Dodge HH, Zhou X, Bu Y, Besser LM, Mock C, Hawes SE, Kukull WA, Weintraub S. Results From the NACC Uniform Data Set Neuropsychological Battery Crosswalk Study. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders. 2016 Apr-Jun, 30(2): 134-139. doi: 10.1097/WAD.0000000000000111 PMID: 26485498 PMCID: PMC4834278

 Votruba KL, Persad C, Giordani B. Cognitive deficits in healthy elderly population with “normal” scores on the mini-mental state examination. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology. 2016, 29(3): 126-132. doi: 10.1177/0891988716629858 PMID: 26850856

 Zhu F, Panwar B, *Dodge HH, Li H, *Hampstead BM, *Albin RL,* Paulson HL, Guan, Y.COMPASS: A computational model to predict changes in MMSE scores 24-months after initial assessment of Alzheimer's disease.  Sci Rep. 2016 Oct 5, 6: 34567. doi: 10.1038/srep34567 PMID: 27703197 PMCID: PMC5050516

Zhang J, Shi J, Stonnington C, Li Q, Gutman BA, Chen K, Reiman EM, Caselli RJ, Thompson PM, Ye J, Wang Y. Hyperbolic Space Sparse Coding with Its Application on Prediction of Alzheimer's Disease in Mild Cognitive Impairment.  Medical Image Comput Comput Assist Interv. 2016 Oct, 9900: 326-334. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-46720-7_38 PMID: 28066843 PMCID: PMC5217478

Su Y, Blazey TM, Owen CJ, Christensen JJ, Friedrichsen K, Joseph-Mathurin N, Wang Q, Hornbeck RC, Ances BM, Snyder AZ, Cash LA, Koeppe RA, Klunk WE, Galasko D, Brickman AM, McDade E, Ringman JM, Thompson PM, Saykin AJ, Ghetti B, Sperling RA, Johnson KA, Salloway SP, Schofield PR, Masters CL, Villemagne VL, Fox NC, Förster S, Chen K, Reiman EM, Xiong C, Marcus DS, Weiner MW, Morris JC, Bateman RJ, Benzinger TL. Correction: Quantitative Amyloid Imaging in Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer's Disease: Results from the DIAN Study Group. Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network. PLoS One. 2016 Sep 20, 11(9): e0163669. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163669 PMID: 27649320 PMCID: PMC5029931

Mufson EJ, Ikonomovic MD, Counts SE, Perez SE, Malek-Ahmadi M, Scheff SW, Ginsberg SD. Molecular and cellular pathophysiology of preclinical Alzheimer's disease. Behavioral Brain Research. 2016 Sep 15, 311: 54-69. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2016.05.030 PMID: 27185734 PMCID: PMC4931948

Gawronski KA, Kim ES, Langa KM, Kubzansky LD. Dispositional Optimism and Incidence of Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults. Psychosomatic Medicine. 2016 Sep, 78(7): 819-28. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000345 PMID: 27284699 PMCID: PMC5349707

Promjunyakul NO, Lahna DL, Kaye JA, *Dodge HH, Erten-Lyons D, Rooney WD, Silbert LC.Comparison of cerebral blood flow and structural penumbras in relation to white matter hyperintensities: A multi-modal magnetic resonance imaging study.  Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow Metabolism. 2016 Sep, 36(9): 1528-36. doi: 10.1177/0271678X16651268. Epub 2016 Jun 7. doi: 10.1177/0271678X16651268 PMID: 27270266 PMCID: PMC5010096

Reams N, Eckner JT, Almeida AA, Aagesen AL, *Giordani B, *Paulson H, Lorincz MT, Kutcher JS. A clinical approach to the diagnosis of traumatic encephalopathy syndrome: A review.  Journal of the American Medical Association: Neurology. 2016, 73(6): 734-749. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.5015 PMID: 27111824 PMCID: PMC4922002

Gabel NM, Crane NA, Avery ET, Kay RE, Laurent A, Giordani B, Alexander NB, Weisenbach SL. Dual-tasking gait variability and cognition in late-life depression. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2015 Nov, 30(11): 1120-8. doi: 10.1002/gps.4340 PMID: 26251013

Albin RL, Fisher-Hubbard A, Shanmugasundaram K, Koeppe RA, Burke JF, Camelo-Piragua S, Lieberman AP, Giordani B, Frey KA. Post-mortem evaluation of amyloid-dopamine terminal positron emission tomography dementia classifications. Ann Neurol. 2015 Nov, 78(5): 824-30. doi: 10.1002/ana.24481. PMID: 26183692 PMCID: PMC4836870

Mufson EJ, Mahady L, Waters D, Counts SE, Perez SE, DeKosky ST, Ginsberg SD, Ikonomovic MD, Scheff SW, Binder L. Hippocampal plasticity during the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Neuroscience. 2015 Nov 19, 309: 51-67. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.03.006. PMID: 25772787 PMCID: PMC4567973

Sachdev PS, Lipnicki DM, Kochan NA, Crawford JD, Thalamuthu A, Andrews G, Brayne C, Matthews FE, Stephan BC, Lipton RB, Katz MJ, Ritchie K, Carrière I, Ancelin ML, Lam LC, Wong CH, Fung AW, Guaita A, Vaccaro R, Davin A, Ganguli M, Dodge H1, Hughes T, Anstey KJ, Cherbuin N, Butterworth P, Ng TP, Gao Q, Reppermund S, Brodaty H, Schupf N, Manly J, Stern Y, Lobo A, Lopez-Anton R, Santabárbara J. The prevalence of mild cognitive impairment in diverse geographical and ethnocultural regions: the COSMIC collaboration. PLoS One. 2015 Nov 5, 10(11): e0142388. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142388 PMID: 26539987 PMCID: PMC4634954

Friedman EM, Shih RA, Langa KM, Hurd MD.US prevalence and predictors of informal caregiving for dementia. Health Aff (Millwood). 2015 Oct, 34(10): 1637-41. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0510 PMID: 26438738 PMCID: PMC4872631

Beach PA, Huck JT, Miranda MM, Bozoki AC. Autonomic, behavioral, and subjective pain responses in Alzheimer’s disease. Pain Med. 2015 Oct;16(10):1930-42. doi: 10.1111/pme.12769 PMID: 25929320

Beach PA, Huck JT, Miranda MM, Bozoki AC. Factors associated with cognitive evaluations in the United States. Pain Med. 2015 Oct, 16(10): 1930-42. doi: 10.1111/pme.12769 PMID: 25929320 PMCID: PMC4336093

Lichtenberg PA, Ficker LJ, Rahman-Filipiak A. Financial decision-making abilities and exploitation in older African Americans: Preliminary validity evidence for the Lichtenberg Financial Decision Rating Scale (LFDRS). J Elder Abuse Negl. 2016, 28(1): 14-33. doi: 10.1080/08946566.2015.1078760 PMID: 26285038 PMCID: PMC4740256

Oh SY, He F, Krans A, Frazer M, Taylor JP, Paulson HL, Todd PK. RAN translation at CGG repeats induces ubiquitin proteasome system impairment in models of fragile X-associated tremor ataxia syndrome. Hum Mol Genet. 2015 Aug 1, 24(15): 4317-26. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddv165 PMID: 25954027 PMCID: PMC4492395

Votruba KL, Persad C, Giordani B. Patient mood and instrumental activities of daily living in Alzheimer disease: Relationship between patient and caregiver reports. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2015 Sep, 28(3): 203-9. doi: 10.1177/0891988715588829 PMID: 26071443

Levine DA, Galecki AT, Langa K3, Unverzagt FW, Kabeto MU, Giordani B, Wadley VG. Trajectory of cognitive decline after incident stroke. JAMA. 2015 Jul 7, 314(1): 41-51. doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.6968 PMID: 26151265 PMCID: PMC4655087

Kotagal V, Bohnen NI, Müller ML, Koeppe RA, Frey KA, Langa KM, Albin RL. Educational attainment and motor burden in Parkinson’s disease. Mov Disord. 2015 Jul, 30(8): 1143-7. doi: 10.1002/mds.26272 PMID: 26096339 PMCID: PMC4504749

Barmada SJ, Ju S, Arjun A, Batarse A, Archbold HC, Peisach D, Li X, Zhang Y, Tank EM, Qiu H, Huang EJ, Ringe D, Petsko GA, Finkbeiner S. Amelioration of toxicity in neuronal models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by hUPF1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Jun 23, 112(25): 7821-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1509744112 PMID:26056265 PMCID: PMC4485101

Østergaard SD, Mukherjee S, Sharp SJ, Proitsi P, Lotta LA, Day F, Perry JR, Boehme KL, Walter S, Kauwe JS, Gibbons LE; Alzheimer’s Disease Genetics Consortium; GERAD1 Consortium; EPIC-InterAct Consortium, Larson EB, Powell JF, Langenberg C, Crane PK, Wareham NJ, Scott RA. Associations between potentially modifiable risk factors and Alzheimer disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study. PLoS Med. 2015 Jun 16, 12(6): e1001841; discussion e1001841. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001841 PMID: 26079503 PMCID: PMC4469461

Fyock CA, Hampstead BM. Comparing the relationship between subjective memory complaints, objective memory performance, and medial temporal lobe volumes in patients with mild cognitive impairment. Alzheimers Dement (Amst). 2015 Jun 1, 1(2): 242-248. doi: 10.1016/j.dadm.2015.03.002 PMID: 26191540 PMCID: PMC4501028

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Our Center promotes clinical research on memory and aging that involves direct use of research volunteers, biomarkers, and other clinical data collected through the University of Michigan Memory and Aging Project. We manage a well-characterized data set to facilitate recruitment for Center-supported projects and publications.

For more information, contact Arijit Bhaumik at 734-936-8281 or arijit@med.umich.edu.

Investigators wishing to utilize the research volunteer database must complete the Clinical Resource Application (PDF).

For more information, contact Arijit Bhaumik at 734-936-8281 or arijit@med.umich.edu.

For preliminary data requests, please complete and submit the Data Request Form.

For more information, contact Arijit Bhaumik at 734-936-8281 or arijit@med.umich.edu.

The Michigan Brain Bank is designed to support investigations of dementing disorders.  The Michigan Brain Bank provides researchers who study Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders with access to well-characterized human brain tissue. To optimize research, the Michigan Brain Bank assists in the collection and storage of brain tissue from individuals who have been followed in research studies at the University of Michigan and other Centers. We are fortunate to have had many generous patients and families participate in this brain donation program. The most useful tissue for research comes from individuals with extensive clinical information, typically from those who have participated in clinical research projects. Tissues stored in the Michigan Brain Bank are extensively characterized by experienced pathologists and available to scientists on request.  Michigan Brain Bank tissues have been used by numerous scientists here and at other Centers in the United States.

For investigators wishing to utilize tissues stored in the Michigan Brain Bank, please visit the Michigan Brain Bank website to download and submit tissue resource applications.  Investigators may also download the Tissue Resource Application and submit it via mail.

For further information, please contact Matthew Perkins at UMHSbrainbank@med.umich.edu or 734-647-7648.

The Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center was pleased to release the “Dementia for Scientists” online curriculum in September 2018.  The curriculum is available to view on YouTube here. The goal of this curriculum is to provide a broad and current introduction to important aspects of dementias and dementia-related research.  The target audience is junior investigators.

Why did we create this curriculum? Dementia research is highly diverse in content, ranging from basic biophysical research to social science.  While investigators entering the field from diverse research backgrounds are well-trained in their own discipline, they may lack broader knowledge of the many aspects of dementia and dementia research that are important in understanding critical issues in the field.  This curriculum aims to provide a relatively sophisticated introduction to critical aspects of dementias across the broad sweep of the field.  The ultimate goal is to enhance the ability of junior investigators to read and understand relevant literature outside their own disciplines.

The curriculum consists of 7 modules, each of which addresses an important area in contemporary dementia research.  Each module includes several presentations.  The presentations are relatively concise, PowerPoint lectures that can be viewed when convenient.

The modules include the following topics:

• Dementia Definition and Evaluation
• Dementia Pathology & Pathogenesis
• Dementia Genetics
• Dementia Imaging
• Therapy Development in Dementias
• Health Services and Policy Dementia Research
• Research Performance in Ethnically Diverse Populations

We encourage users to view all modules, though many may wish to focus on topics outside their areas of expertise.  Modules 1, 2, 5, & 6 might be said to constitute core elements that everyone should know.

We hope you find the curriculum valuable. This is our initial effort and we welcome all comments, criticisms, and suggestions. Please send all feedback to Erin Fox at eefox@med.umich.edu.

If you would like to share the curriculum with others, a promotional flyer is available here: Curriculum Flyer

Link to the ‘Dementia for Scientists” Online Curriculum 

Several Center faculty were involved in the creation of this University of Michigan School of Social Work certificate program. 

This self-paced certificate is designed for healthcare professionals who deliver or plan to deliver person- and family-centered care to people living with memory loss or dementia, including: social workers; nurses; primary care physicians; physical therapists; occupational therapists; health educators; and administrators. Participants will gain clinical knowledge and skills in culturally-competent assessment, care planning, and state-of-the-art clinical intervention.

Learn more about the program here.

The Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center offers a mentoring program for junior investigators.  The program aims to provide junior investigators entering the field of dementia research with a broad education about contemporary dementia research and provide junior investigators with mentoring by experienced investigators in developing competitive grant applications. The program lasts for two years and includes the following components:

• An online curriculum about contemporary dementia research to introduce mentees to the basic features of the dementias.
• An individually tailored mentoring committee of experienced investigators to assist mentees with preparation of competitive grant applications.
• Participation in the career development workshop jointly sponsored by the Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center rand the University of Michigan Pepper Center.  This workshop takes place in the spring and includes a mock study section and other career development activities.
• Mentees receive preferred (not guaranteed) access to Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center resources and Pilot Project programs.

Eligibility Criteria Include:

• Career commitment to dementia-related research.  This covers the whole spectrum of research from social science work to basic biology.
• Post-doctoral fellow or junior faculty status.
• Realistic plans to submit a grant application within the next 2 years.

As we seek to understand and cure Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, we consider it among our highest priorities to support innovative, high impact research. Our Center’s Pilot Project Program provides “kick-starter” funds to investigators so that they can begin testing new ideas about the causes and treatment of dementias. We are committed to funding $35,000 pilot projects per year, open to any investigators at the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Wayne State University, and the Ann Arbor VA.

More information on the previous pilot projects funded by our Center is available under the "More" tab above.

The Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Center is committed to promoting the advancement of dementia research skills in junior faculty through the provision of training resources. Established with the generous support of the Chawla family, the Isadore & Margaret Mezey award will pay for travel expenses for three junior investigators associated with their participation in national or international conferences focusing on the latest discoveries in neurodegenerative research and clinical practices. Awardees have a keen interest in advancing their careers in the dementia field and use the award for participation in annual meetings associated with major brain-related associations or societies.

Call for applications to the Mezey Travel Awards takes place twice per year.

Please remember to acknowledge partial support from NIH/NIA grant 5P30AG053760 in your publications, presentations, websites, posters, and other dissemination efforts that are related to our Center’s research, development and training activities. Also, please include an approved Center logo.

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This <project/study (choose one)> was partially supported by the NIH/NIA funded Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Center (5P30AG053760).

Logos:

For approved logos to use in posters and presentations, please contact Renee Gadwa at rgadwa@med.umich.edu.

Eunjee Lee, PhD (University of Michigan) and Chandra Sripada, PhD (University of Michigan)

Goal: To uncover multi-model brain functional connectivity/gene markers of shorter conversion time from MCI to AD by constructing advanced Bayesian low rank models.

Dr. Eunjee Lee is a Research Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Michigan. Her research interests lie in developing statistical methods to explore biomedical data, such as brain imaging and genetic data. Her current work is focused on Bayesian methods for functional data analysis, matrix decomposition, and variable selection in high-dimensional settings.

Dr. Chandra Sripada is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan. His research examines agency, attention, and self-control from cross-disciplinary perspectives.

Navid Seraji-Bozorgzad, MD (University of Michigan) and Rohit Marawar, MD (Wayne State University)

Goal: To examine the cortical microstructure as reflected by two novel MRI techniques, Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging (NODDI) and Diffusion Kurtosis Imaging (DKI) in a cohort of African American and White patients with early Alzheimer’s disease.

Dr. Seraji-Bozorgzad is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Michigan. The interaction of body and brain in disease state are of particular interest to him, both in terms of neurological manifestations of systemic disease, and effect of neurological disease on other systems. His research experience is in the field of MR imaging. He is interested in biomarkers of brain injury and repair, as it applies to various degenerative disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease.

Dr. Rohit Marawar is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Wayne State University. Dr. Marawar’s expertise and training is in the field of epilepsy. Recently, he transitioned his focus into hyperexcitable brain networks in cognitively normal and abnormal elderly – including those with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Dr. Marawar contributed to the development of the Geriatric Epilepsy Clinic at Wayne State University-Detroit Medical Center.

Peter Todd, MD, PhD (University of Michigan)

Goal: To leverage emerging technologies to identify novel repeat associated RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) and then evaluate their roles in two common genetic forms of dementia: C9orf72-associated frontotemporal dementia (C9FTD) and fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS).

Dr. Peter Todd is the Bucky and Patti Harris Career Development Professor of Neurology and an Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Michigan. His research explores the molecular mechanisms in neurodegenerative diseases with a particular interest in repeat expansion diseases such as the recently discovered C9ORF72 expansion underlying frontotemporal dementia. Dr. Todd is also a staff neurologist at the Ann Arbor VA Medical Center. He has worked in the field of Fragile X research for almost 20 years.

Laura Zahodne, PhD (University of Michigan)

Goal: To test the overarching hypothesis that racially-patterned social stress (discrimination) partially explains disparities in cognitive health through its effects on inflammation. In addition, this study will test whether associations among race, social stress, inflammation, and cognition differ according to socioeconomic status and quantify effects of examiner-examinee racial discordance on cognitive performance.

Dr. Laura Zahodne is a clinical neuropsychologist and an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan. Her research interests include psychosocial factors in aging and neurodegenerative disease, psychosocial factors and racial/ethnic diversity in cognitive aging, and statistical modeling of symptom trajectories in aging and neurodegenerative disease.

Jessica Damoiseaux, PhD

Assistant in the Institute of Gerontology and the Department of Psychology at Wayne State University

Goal: To determine the difference in hippocampal functional and structural connectivity among older adults along the putative preclinical spectrum from healthy to subjective cognitive impairment (SCI) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and its association with objective cognitive performance.

Outcome: Project is ongoing.

Irving Vega, PhD

Associate Professor of Translational Science & Molecular Medicine at Michigan State University

Magdalena Ivanova, PhD

Research Assistant Professor of Neurology and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biophysics at the University of Michigan

Goal: To understand the role of EFhd2 as a putative modulator of tau oligomerization, in a collaborative effort between researchers at Michigan State University and University of Michigan.

Outcome: Project is ongoing.

Jenna Wiens, PhD

Assistant Professor in Computer Science Engineering (CSE) at the University of Michigan

Goal: The development of methods for leveraging University of Michigan Health System and VA Health Administration Electronic Health Record data for novel retrospective analyses of patient trajectories prior to and following a diagnosis with MCI and AD.

Outcome: Project is ongoing.

Sami Barmada, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Michigan

Goal: To determine the importance of TDP43’s RNA binding domains to neurotoxicity, and to define the TDP43 targets that most closely associate with neurodegeneration in frontotemporal dementia models.

Outcome: Project is ongoing.

This project is funded by the Erb Family Foundation Grant

Deborah A. Levine, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Assistant Professor of Neurology

Goal: to develop, test, and disseminate strategies to improve the care and clinical decision-making of older patients with MCI

Outcome: Data from this study was incorporated into an R01 grant application with Dr. Levine as PI which was funded. They are still in the data collection and analysis phase. There are no publications at this time.

Peter K Todd, MD, PhD
Harris Career Development Professor of Neurology

Goal: To identify novel hexanucleotide repeat expansions as a first step in establishing their roles in the biology of dementia

Outcome: They did not identify any novel repeat expansions as a cause of ALS or other disorders.

Publications: He F, Jones JM, Figueroa-Romero C, Zhang D, Feldman EL, Goutman SA, Meisler MH, Callaghan BC, Todd PK. Screening for novel hexanucleotide repeat expansions at ALS- and FTD-associated loci. Neurology Genetics. Volume 2, Issue 3, May 11th 2016, Page 71.

Vikas Kotagal, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Neurology

Goal: To test the primary hypothesis that scalp cooling facilitates the glymphatic system and enhances clearance of soluble A-beta.

Outcome: Project is currently ongoing. Dr. Kotagal acquired a mentored VA grant this year.

Publications: There are no publications at this time.

Benjamin Hampstead, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Neuropsychology Section

Goal: To examine whether tDCS can reduce the severity of SMCs and improve memory test performance in older adults with such complaints.

Outcome: Project is ongoing.