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M04 582-01 ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE IN THE CLINIC AND THE LAB
Instructors: John C. Morris, MD, James E. Galvin, MD, MPH, and faculty affiliated with the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Department of Neurology. For information, contact Ms. Barbara Kuntemeier at 286-2882 or kuntemeierb@abraxas.wustl.edu.
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) affects more than 5 million Americans today, and this number will increase substantially as our population ages. The cost of caring for AD patients has been estimated at over $148 billion annually. The human toll on patients and family members can be devastating. Patients and families turn to primary care and specialist physicians (e.g., neurologists, psychiatrists, geriatricians) for answers to their plight. The good news for physicians is that research on AD is moving at a rapid pace. Exciting advances in our understanding of AD etiology, early diagnosis and treatment are changing the landscape of dementia care.
Students in this course are offered a dynamic overview of the most exciting areas of AD clinical and basic science research from one of the top Alzheimer's disease research centers in the world. Find out how amyloid plaques and other AD-related abnormalities form in the brain and new discoveries about their possible reversal! The course includes lecture and student presentation components, as well as opportunities to observe patients and families in an active neurology memory disorder clinic, participate in neuropathology evaluations of demented individuals, and interact with investigators from the fields of molecular genetics, cell biology and neuropathology.
Last Modification: 08/03/2009 | |