Abstract

The Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research (CADR) is a multi- disciplinary unit based at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University and involving the Schools of Medicine, Public Health, Nursing and Arts and Sciences. It also has major components at the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, Cornell University School of Medicine, The Harlem Hospital Center and the New York State Psychiatric Institute. The CADR maintains a well-characterize population of patients with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) as well as a large community based population of normal elderly. It provides diagnostic services, serves as a resource for tissue, cells and DNA from AD and control patients, and attempts to educated both health care providers and the community about AD. Its major research avenues are epidemiological, cell biological and molecular biological with developing research in caregiving. Based in Manhattan, the CADR serves a multi-racial, multi-ethnic community with sizable number of minority patients.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Type
Specialized Center (P50)
Project #
3P50AG008702-10S1
Application #
2863685
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZAG1 (01))
Project Start
1989-09-29
Project End
2000-05-31
Budget Start
1998-09-01
Budget End
2000-05-31
Support Year
10
Fiscal Year
1998
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Columbia University (N.Y.)
Department
Pathology
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
167204994
City
New York
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
10032

  Publications

Wilmoth, Kristin; LoBue, Christian; Clem, Matthew A et al. (2018) Consistency of traumatic brain injury reporting in older adults with and without cognitive impairment. Clin Neuropsychol 32:524-529
Kaur, Antarpreet; Edland, Steven D; Peavy, Guerry M (2018) The MoCA-Memory Index Score: An Efficient Alternative to Paragraph Recall for the Detection of Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 32:120-124
Ting, Simon Kang Seng; Foo, Heidi; Chia, Pei Shi et al. (2018) Dyslexic Characteristics of Chinese-Speaking Semantic Variant of Primary Progressive Aphasia. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 30:31-37
Brenowitz, Willa D; Han, Fang; Kukull, Walter A et al. (2018) Treated hypothyroidism is associated with cerebrovascular disease but not Alzheimer's disease pathology in older adults. Neurobiol Aging 62:64-71
Gallagher, Damien; Kiss, Alex; Lanctot, Krista L et al. (2018) Toward Prevention of Mild Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults With Depression: An Observational Study of Potentially Modifiable Risk Factors. J Clin Psychiatry 80:
Barnes, Josephine; Bartlett, Jonathan W; Wolk, David A et al. (2018) Disease Course Varies According to Age and Symptom Length in Alzheimer's Disease. J Alzheimers Dis 64:631-642
Burke, Shanna L; Maramaldi, Peter; Cadet, Tamara et al. (2018) Decreasing hazards of Alzheimer's disease with the use of antidepressants: mitigating the risk of depression and apolipoprotein E. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 33:200-211
Qian, Winnie; Fischer, Corinne E; Schweizer, Tom A et al. (2018) Association Between Psychosis Phenotype and APOE Genotype on the Clinical Profiles of Alzheimer's Disease. Curr Alzheimer Res 15:187-194
Gallagher, Damien; Kiss, Alex; Lanctot, Krista et al. (2018) Depression and Risk of Alzheimer Dementia: A Longitudinal Analysis to Determine Predictors of Increased Risk among Older Adults with Depression. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 26:819-827
Haaksma, Miriam L; Calderón-Larrañaga, Amaia; Olde Rikkert, Marcel G M et al. (2018) Cognitive and functional progression in Alzheimer disease: A prediction model of latent classes. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 33:1057-1064

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