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Alzheimer's Research Center  - http://www.alzheimersinfo.org  Information about treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's disease and other dementing illnesses.  Alzheimer Research Forum  - http://www.alzforum.org/  Has plenty of research information for both the professional and the patient.  University of Washington Alzheimer's Disease Research Center  - http://depts.washington.edu/adrcweb/  Information for researchers, health care providers and families.  Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia  - http://www.alz.uci.edu/  Includes information about the clinic, research and caregiver support.  Alzheimer's Research: National Institute on Aging  - http://www.alzheimers.org/nianews/nianews.html  Research news and press releases on AD research from the NIA.  The McCusker Foundation for Alzheimer's Disease Research  - http://www.alzheimers.com.au  To develop early diagnostic tests for Alzheimer's accelerate discovery of effective treatment - Univ. of Western Australia.  Human.IT - Medical Diagnostics  - http://human.IT/med_diag.html  Neuropsychological testing for possible early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.  Expert BioMed Inc Biotechnology Alzheimer  - http://www.expertbiomed.com  Private company for anti-Alzheimer's disease therapeutics.  Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain  - http://www.alzheimercenter.org  Sponsored by the U.S. National Institute on Aging, facilitating research and educational programs relating to Alzheimer's Disease and other age-related neurodegenerative diseases.  MRI of Hippocampus In Incipient Alzheimer's Disease  - http://www.uku.fi/neuro/37the.htm  Doctoral thesis by Mikko Laakso.  Molecular Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease  - http://www.uku.fi/neuro/44the.htm  Review of genteics.  Alzheimer's Second Opinion  - http://www.alzheimers2ndopinion.com  Alzheimer's facts and research.  Stanford / VA Palo Alto Alzheimer's Research Center of California  - http://arcc.stanford.edu  Offers support groups, clinical trials, sleep studies, dementia clinic FAQs, publications from staff members and contact information.  The Lost Alzheimer's and Related Disorders Search Subject: New Research & Perspectives  - http://www.dbs-sar.com/SAR_Research/lost_alzheimer.htm  Long article based on a search and rescue conference talk discusses the issue of people with dementia wandering away from their caregivers.  Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Search and Rescue Research  - http://www.dbs-sar.com/SAR_Research/wandering.htm  Wandering is an important behavior common in Alzheimer's disease that make the disease so critical to the field of search and rescue. Excerpts from a book not yet completely written.  Health Link MCW  - http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/980547889.html  An article concerning current research on Alzheimer's, memory loss and aging.  Amyloid and Neurodegenerative Disorders  - http://www.utmedicalcenter.org/research  Huntington's and Alzheimer's Diseases. Inhibition of polyglutamine aggregation. Elucidation of structure of a-beta fibrils.  A Molecular Genetic Study of Factors Involved in Alzheimer's Disease  - http://www.uku.fi/neuro/53the.htm  Doctoral thesis by Mikko Hiltunen, University of Kuopio.  Biological Markers for Alzheimer's Disease  - http://www.uku.fi/neuro/57the.htm  A doctoral thesis by Tero Tapiola.  Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center  - http://www.brainbank.mclean.org/  resource for the collection and distribution of human brain specimens for brain research into neurological disorders and psychiatric illnesses.  Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research (CNDR)  - http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/cndr/  Information about Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases for researchers, physicians, patients and families.  National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center  - http://www.alz.washington.edu  Facilitates collaborative research among the approxiamately 30 Alzheimer's Disease Centers funded by the National Institute of Aging.  Geriatric Studies Center - Alzheimer's Disease Research Center  - http://www.usc.edu/schools/medicine/departments/psychiatry_behavioralsciences/research/gsc  AD, mild cognitive impairment, clinical trials, geriatric studies, and information on resources available to patients.  Lodge Creek Research  - http://lodgecreekresearch.com  Techniques that can be applied to prevent, delay, and slow down Alzheimer's.  Imaging Research Seeks Early Detection of Alzheimer's Risk  - http://www.healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1031002341.html  Using functional magnetic resonance imaging brain scans, researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin are looking for a way to spot patients at high risk for AD even before they develop symptoms. From Health Link MCW.