Over the past 18 months, 81-year-old Bill Bunnell has visited the doctor a half-dozen times to take memory tests, provide blood samples, and undergo a spinal tap and imaging scans. Its all part of the most extensive study ever conducted on Alzheimers. Now researchers are about to take an even closer look at Bunnell, a […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Comments Off on ADNI 2 APOE Genotype Results Notification
One of samples included in the ADNI 2 APOE genotyping results may have been mislabeled and has been removed from the dataset. Those who downloaded the APOE results between January 25, 2012 and May 23,2012 should not use the results for the row containing RID=4014. New results for this subject will be posted after re-analysis.
Continue reading...Thursday, March 8, 2012
Comments Off on Exercising an Aging Brain: The New York Times
"More and more retired people are heading back to the nearest classroom as students and, in some cases, teachers and they are finding out that school can be lovelier the second time around. Some may be thinking of second careers, but most just want to keep their minds stimulated, learn something new or catch up with a subject they were always curious about but never had time for. "
Continue reading...Thursday, February 16, 2012
Comments Off on New AV45 Analysis Dataset is Now Available.
A new AV45 analysis dataset is available. The previous AV45 dataset (November 2011) contains cortical and summary (SUVR) measures that were normalized by cerebellar grey matter. The new dataset (February 2012) is the same data and same subjects, but includes several additional reference region options (whole cerebellum, cerebellar grey matter, and brainstem) along with the non-normalized cortical regions. For more information […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Comments Off on ADNI Available Data Update: February 2012
The Biostatistics Core has posted two tables of the ADNI summary data numbers, by diagnostic category and type of data, available as of February 1, 2012. ADNI Available Data: This data may be useful for individuals who are interested in running longitudinal data analysis ADNI Available Baseline Data: This data may be useful for individuals […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Comments Off on Scientists mount genome research initiative to unlock Alzheimers genetic secrets – HealthCanal
The new national initiative to research the genetics of Alzheimers disease, announced Monday, could have a dramatic impact on the development of treatments for the disease, said Indiana University School of Medicine researchers involved in the project. With funding from the Brin Wojcicki Foundation and the Alzheimers Association, scientists will sequence and study the entire […]
Continue reading...Monday, May 9, 2011
Comments Off on ADNI Plasma A?1-42/1-40 Immunoassay Dataset
BASELINE, YR1, YR2 and YR3 plasma samples (adni_upennplasma_*.csv”) were assayed in the Biomarker core laboratory using Innogenetics research use only AlzBia reagents on a Luminex immunoassay platform. Plasma Ab1-42/1-40 batch testing immunoassay was performed on 2,454 plasma samples collected from 733 ADNI subjects July 28, 2010 through October 27, 2010 in a total of 76 […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Comments Off on UC Berkely Releases Post-Processed NIFTI files
Dr. Susan Landau has released NIFTI files that go with the UC Berkeley groups post-processed analysis methods. These have been made available on the PET Analysis web page. The compressed file contains 5 NIFTI files, containing the following regions of interest: Composite Left Angular Right Angular Left Temporal Right Temporal You can download the file […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Comments Off on AIBL (Australian Imaging Biomarkers and Lifestyle Study of Ageing) 18-month data now released
18-month followup MRI, PiB PET images and clinical data from the Australian Imaging Biomarkers and Lifestyle Study of Ageing (AIBL) are now available. These new data complement the baseline data released previously. The AIBL MRI and PiB images were acquired with ADNI protocols but have not undergone post processing. This data release has been enabled […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Comments Off on Corrections to UCSFFSX and UCSFFSL Summary Tables Error
An error has been found in the data reported in the following numerical summary tables: UCSFFSX and UCSFFSL. The values for the Left Hemisphere Surface Area (column ST27SA) were incorrectly reported. These tables have since been re-posted and now contain the correct values. If you are using data from these tables that was downloaded before […]
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Monday, July 2, 2012
Comments Off on DNA Mapping Of Alzheimers Patients Gives Deep Dive View – Bloomberg News