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Open Access 01-12-2011 | Question and Answer

Q&A: The Alzheimer's disease neuroimaging initiative

Author: Paul S Aisen

Published in: BMC Medicine | Issue 1/2011

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The Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) is a large, highly collaborative longitudinal cohort study aiming to elucidate biomarker trajectories in Alzheimer's disease (AD). ADNI was initially funded in 2004, based on the urgent need to understand potential biomarkers better in order to facilitate drug development, and the large cost and effort required to conduct appropriate studies. About two thirds of its budget is provided by the US National Institute on Aging (NIA), and about one third comes from pharmaceutical companies; private foundations have also contributed. …
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Title
Q&A: The Alzheimer's disease neuroimaging initiative
Author
Paul S Aisen
Publication date
01-12-2011
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Medicine / Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1741-7015
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-9-101

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