Under the leadership of John C. Morris, MD, the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) and affiliated projects support advanced research on clinical, genetic, neuropathological, neuroanatomical, biomedical, neuropsychological, and psychosocial aspects of Alzheimer's disease and related brain disorders.

Read about some of our recent studies:

 

Blocking stress protein decreases Alzheimer's peptide in mice (7/4/07)

Personality changes may help detect form of dementia (5/29/07)

Can an omega-3 fatty acid slow the progrssion of Alzheimer's Disease (3/28/07)

Production of key Alzheimer's protein monitored... (3/27/07)

Brain cell activity and Alzheimer's plaques (12/21/05)

Grant to fund search for early indicators of AD (11/21/05)

Brain scans, cerebrospinal fluid and predicting AD (11/15/05)

Molecular drug pump and AD (10/20/05)