The Neuroimaging Initiative has begun recruiting people ages 55 to 90 to participate in the study. Participants may be cognitively normal or have MCI or early AD. Further information about the study and a list of the 58 local study sites in the U.S. and Canada may be obtained by calling the NIA's Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center toll free at 1-800-438-4380 or visiting the ADNI section of the ADEAR website at www.alzheimers.org/imagine. Anyone interested in learning more about enrollment in the project may contact the study site closest to them. Spanish-language capabilities are available at some of the study sites.

For information on participation in other AD clinical trials, visit http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ (search for Alzheimer's disease trials) or the ADEAR Center website at http://www.alzheimers.org, or call the ADEAR Center toll free at 1-800-438-4380. The ADEAR Center is sponsored by the NIA to provide information to the public and health professionals about AD and age-related cognitive change and may be contacted at the website and phone number above for a variety of publications and fact sheets, as well as information on clinical trials.


To contact Dr. Neil Buckholtz: Call Susan Farrer or Vicky Cahan, NIA Office of Communications and Public Liaison, 301-496-1752.

To contact Dr. Anne Fagan: Call Michael Purdy, Medical Public Affairs, Washington University, 314-286-0122.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) -- The Nation's Medical Research Agency -- includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit http://www.nih.gov.

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