Abstract

The Education and Information Transfer Core will serve as the publicity and education arm of the Alzheimer's Disease Center. It will publicize the center and disseminate information regarding research projects and findings. It will assist in recruitment of subjects for the clinical data and brain tissue, and assist researchers in dissemination of their findings, preparing tables and graphic for publication and producing slides for presentations. It will provide training regarding AD to various groups: students, professionals, families and the public. It will produce educational resources including print media, slide programs and interactive computerized video software. Training manuals for professionals and family caregivers will be developed, tested and evaluated. A quarterly newsletter will be distributed. A computer-assisted course on AD utilizing CD-ROM technology will be developed during Year 3 to train students and professionals, and kiosk software on AD will be developed during Year 5 to train patients and their families about AD. Educational materials will be developed to target Black and Hispanic audiences in Kansas City.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Type
Center Core Grants (P30)
Project #
5P30AG010182-05
Application #
6295564
Study Section
Project Start
1995-07-15
Project End
1999-04-30
Budget Start
Budget End
Support Year
5
Fiscal Year
1995
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Kansas
Department
Type
DUNS #
016060860
City
Kansas City
State
KS
Country
United States
Zip Code
66160

  Publications

SantaCruz, Karen S; Yazlovitskaya, Eugenia; Collins, Julie et al. (2004) Regional NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase activity in Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol Aging 25:63-9
Woods, Steven Paul; Troster, Alexander I (2003) Prodromal frontal/executive dysfunction predicts incident dementia in Parkinson's disease. J Int Neuropsychol Soc 9:17-24
Kemper, S; Marquis, J; Thompson, M (2001) Longitudinal change in language production: effects of aging and dementia on grammatical complexity and propositional content. Psychol Aging 16:600-14
Sheffield, L G; Marquis, J G; Berman, N E (2000) Regional distribution of cortical microglia parallels that of neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer's disease. Neurosci Lett 285:165-8
Geroldi, C; Laakso, M P; DeCarli, C et al. (2000) Apolipoprotein E genotype and hippocampal asymmetry in Alzheimer's disease: a volumetric MRI study. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 68:93-6
Wang, Y; Santa-Cruz, K; DeCarli, C et al. (2000) NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase activity is increased in hippocampal pyramidal neurons of patients with Aalzheimer's disease. Neurobiol Aging 21:525-31
Arnold, P M; Ma, J Y; Citron, B A et al. (1999) Insulin-like growth factor binding proteins in cerebrospinal fluid during human development and aging. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 264:652-6
Geroldi, C; Pihlajamaki, M; Laakso, M P et al. (1999) APOE-epsilon4 is associated with less frontal and more medial temporal lobe atrophy in AD. Neurology 53:1825-32
Sheffield, L G; Berman, N E (1998) Microglial expression of MHC class II increases in normal aging of nonhuman primates. Neurobiol Aging 19:47-55
Ellis, R J; Jan, K; Kawas, C et al. (1998) Diagnostic validity of the dementia questionnaire for Alzheimer disease. Arch Neurol 55:360-5

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