Basic Research

There is a strong commitment within the Center to basic research regarding the underlying mechanisms of Alzheimer's Disease and related disorders, and how this may translate into effective treatment.

The following basic research studies are underway:

• Developing New Animal Models for AD
• Brain Protein Alterations in Alzheimer's Disease
• Regulation of alpha-secretase activity
• Network Properties of the Entorhinal/Dentate Gyrus and CA3 Region
• Dynamics of Amyloid Beta Protein in Postmortem Specimens from Subjects 30 to 65
• High Field Imaging of Postmortem Brains