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• Alliance in the News, Science in the Spotlight
  Alzheimer’s Biomarkers are Ready for Research
  
  March 7, 2012
  Related topics: Aging Research  Alzheimer's Disease  Brain Health  Drug Development  Drug Safety  Health  Medical Innovation  Policy  Research  
  
  
  In a March 1^st interview, Dr. John Morris, co-chair of the Alzheimer's Disease Biomarker Expert Working Group (convened by the Alliance for Aging Research), explains what biomarkers are and how they will help research in the field of Alzheimer's disease and related dementia.
  
  John C. Morris is the Harvey A. and Dorismae Hacker Friedman Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Professor of Pathology and Immunology, Professor of Physical Therapy, and Professor of Occupational Therapy at Washington University. He also is the Director and Principal Investigator of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center.
  
  For More info on the promise of biomarkers in Alzheimer's, click here.
• Feature Article
  Searching for Answers & Hope Learning About a Disease that Steals Memories
  
  Summer 2010 | Alliance for Aging Research
  Related topics: Alzheimer's Disease  Brain Health  Caregiving  Health  
  
  
  First they told her she had Alzheimer’s disease. Next they suggested that the medications they had prescribed to control her anxiety and depression were the cause. Then they told her it was Parkinson’s. It was years before doctors finally figured out what was making Susan Grant’s mind slip away.
• Report
  2009 Task Force on Aging Research Funding
  
  May 2009
  Related topics: Aging Research  Alzheimer's Disease  Arthritis  Brain Health  Cancer  Cardiovascular Disease  Caregiving  Diabetes  Federal Funding  Geriatric Training  Health  Incontinence  Medical Innovation  Men's Health  Mental Health  Osteoporosis  Other Diseases of Aging  Parkinson's Disease  Persistent Pain  Policy  Research  Stroke  Vision Loss  Women's Health  
  
  
  The 2009 Task Force on Aging Research Funding--more than 65 non-partisan disease groups, patient advocates, and foundations--urges Congress and the President to restore a national commitment to medical research on behalf of America's aging population. This year's report of the Task Force calls for a at least a 7% increase in funding for the National Institutes of Health in FY 2010. It also presents data on the burden of diseases and conditions that predominately affect older Americans, highlights the emerging research the NIH is doing to decrease these burdens, and serves as a resource for policymakers working to establish the funding levels necessary to advance healthy aging.
• Science in the Spotlight
  Neurogenesis Plays Key Role in Learning and Memory--Salk Scientists Find
  
  Spring 2008
  Related topics: Brain Health  Mental Health  
  
  
  Not long ago, the suggestion that old brains could grow new nerve cells – or neurons – was unthinkable among neurologists. Today, however, we know that neural stem cells are indeed capable of growing new neurons throughout life. This process is called neurogenesis, which literally means “the birth of new neurons.” Precisely how nerve stem cells function and how they are regulated, however, have remained something of a mystery until recently.
• Get Mad Column
  Taking Delirium Seriously
  
  Winter 2007
  Related topics: Brain Health  Mental Health  Policy  
  
  

  For more than one in five patients over 65, hospital stays are complicated by frightening bouts of confusion known as delirium.

• Feature Article
  Think Young! Get Creative! Ten Ways to Keep Your Brain Young
  
  Summer 2000
  Related topics: Brain Health  Health  Research  
  
  
  Landmark results from neuroscience research are debunking yet another myth about aging - that the brain continually loses cells and naturally dims with age.