Our Brains are what we eat - in a way12/29/2011 Neurology research announced in December 2011 shows that brain shrinkage and other alzheimer's abnormalities are reduced with high nutrient diets.
The OHSU School of Medicine Dean's Fund award funds a collaborative effort8/16/2011 For this project, we integrated our different model systems of Alzheimer's disease (AD) into a ‘translational suite' for testing candidate drugs that might be beneficial to patients suffering from AD, with the goal of establishing a new resource that could be used by other investigators with interests in drug development for AD.
In a Graying Population, Business Opportunity2/15/2011 Article by Natasha Singer in the current issue of the New York Times Sunday Magazine featuring the growing field and market of aging and technology.
Linda Boise awarded 2-year grant from the National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center7/20/2010 This study will fill a critical gap in our knowledge about consent for brain donation and will inform the development of culturally-specific community outreach interventions to increase understanding and receptivity to participate in Alzheimer’s disease research programs, including assent to brain autopsy.
The C. Rex and Ruth H. Layton Center 20th Anniversary6/17/2010 Over the years the Layton Center has conducted fifty clinical trials, several of which have contributed to the approval of medications for Alzheimer's disease treatment. More than 20,000 patients have received 196,000 assessments in the clinic. Volunteer research participants now number over 4,000.
