Memory Imaging of Normal Aging

Completed

Conditions studied: Alzheimer's Disease

In brief

The purpose of this study is to develop imaging techniques that can distinguish functional brain changes in people at high risk for dementia years prior to onset of clinical memory problems from those with normal changes of aging.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00315575

Run by

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

People needed

90

Starts

2005-08-01

Expected to finish

2008-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2009-01-26

Who can join

Age: 25 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Right-handed

You may not qualify if…

• Major medical illnesses
• History of significant head trauma with residual cognitive deficits
• Other neurological or major psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, developmental learning disorder, and alcohol or substance abuse
• MRI contra-indications

Where it is running

• Shiley-Marcos Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, University of California, San Diego — La Jolla, California, United States

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