Supported Projects

Institute for the Study of Aging (C. DeCarli) 7/01/03-6/30/04
ISOA 2002073
Clinical Interpretation of MRI to predict conversion of mild cognitive impairment to dementia.
The goals of this project are to compare clinical interpretation of medial temporal atrophy to hippocampal quantification as a tool to predict dementia conversion amongst participants of a large MCI clinical trial.
 
NIH/NIA (C. DeCarli) 9/30/91-6/30/06
P30 AG10129
UC Davis Alzheimer's Disease Center Core
Major goals of this project are to enroll, study and follow a cohort of patients and control subjects who are thoroughly characterized, and longitudinally followed to autopsy. The Neuroimaging Core of this grant is responsible for MRI and PET scanning of subjects, archiving information and limited analysis
 
NIH/NIA (L. Farrer) 7/1/02-6/30/07
2R01 AG09029
Genetic Epidemiological Studies of Alzheimer's Disease (MIRAGE III)
The goals of this project are to examine genetic determinants of Alzheimer's disease.
 
NIH/NIA (C. DeCarli) 7/01/03-6/30/08
1 R01 AG021028
Heterogeneity of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI).
The goals of this project are to use MRI and neuropsychology to evaluate the biological and clinical heterogeneity of mild cognitive impairment.
 
NINDS/NIH (R. Sacco) 7/01/03-6/30/09
2 R01 NS 29993
Stroke Incidence and Risk Factors in a Tri-ethnic Region
The goals of this project are to quantify brain and white matter hyperintensity volumes and identify silent cerebral infarction by MRI to explore possible cerebrovascular correlates of cognitive impairment amongst a tri-ethnic population.
 
NIA/NIH (H.C. Chui) 7/1/03-6/30/08
P01 AG12435
Aging Brain: Vasculature, Ischemia and Behavior
The major goal of this project is to determine how structural changes in the cerebral vasculature affect brain function and behavior in elderly persons.
 
NIA/NIH (N. Foster) 10/1/03-9/30/06
AG022394
Pilot Collaborative PET Imaging Trial
The major goal of this project is to assess how FDG-PET adds to the clinical diagnosis of FTD.
 
NIA/NIH (R. Mayeux) 7/1/04-6/30/09
P01 AG0027232
Epidemiology of Dementia in an Urban Community
The major goal of this project is to examine the impact of structural and functional MRI measures on cognition in a tri-ethnic population of Washington Heights, New York.
 
NIH/NIA (D. Evans) 7/1/04-6/31/09
R01 AG111101
Incident Alzheimer's Disease in a Biracial Community
This is a longitudinal study of cerebrovascular disease, brain morphology and risk for incident Alzheimer's Disease in a biracial Chicago suburb.
 
NIH/NIA (P.A. Wolf) 04/01/05-03/31/10
R01 AG08122
Epidemiology of Dementia in the Framingham Study
The goals of this project are to evaluate MRI risk factors for the development of dementia in the original cohort of the Framingham Heart Study.
 
NIH/NIA (P.A. Wolf) 04/01/05-03/31/10
R01 AG16495
MRI, Genetic and Cognitive Precursors of AD and Dementia
The goals of this project are to evaluate MRI and genetic risk factors for cognitive decline and dementia amongst the offspring cohort of the Framingham Heart Study.
 
NIH/NIA (M. Weiner) 3/1/05-8/31/09
U01 AG024904
Alzheimer's Neuroimaging Initiative
The goals of this project are to study biomarkers of transition from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's dementia.
 
Genzyme Corporation (C. DeCarli) 11/5/01-12/31/04
AGAL-008-00
Analysis of magnetic resonance images performed in association with Fabry Phase 4 double-blind protocol.
 
Eisai Medical (C. DeCarli) 4/01/04-4/01/5
E202-A001-319
Analysis of magnetic resonance images to explore the relation between hippocampal atrophy, WMH and stroke in patients with vascular dementia.