The draft "National Plan" to address Alzheimer's disease - National Alzheimer's Project Act (NAPA).
Summary of "The draft "National Plan" to address Alzheimer's disease - National Alzheimer's Project Act (NAPA)."
This perspective updates the status of the "National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease" and the recommendations of the NAPA Advisory Council's Sub-committee on Research. Here, we identify some of the critical issues the future reiterations of the National Plan should consider during implementation phase of the plan. The Journal invites the scientific community to contribute additional ideas and suggestions towards a national research initiative.
Affiliation
The Campaign to Prevent Alzheimer's Disease by 2020 (PAD2020), Rockville, MD, USA.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association
ISSN: 1552-5279
Pages: 234-6
Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22546355
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2012.04.004
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
National Eye Institute (u.s.)
Component of the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. It conducts and supports research on the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases of the eye and visual system. It was originally part of the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness. The National Eye Institute was established in 1968.
Alzheimer Vaccines
Vaccines or candidate vaccines used to prevent or treat ALZHEIMER DISEASE.
Neuropil Threads
Abnormal structures located chiefly in distal dendrites and, along with NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES and SENILE PLAQUES, constitute the three morphological hallmarks of ALZHEIMER DISEASE. Neuropil threads are made up of straight and paired helical filaments which consist of abnormally phosphorylated microtubule-associated tau proteins. It has been suggested that the threads have a major role in the cognitive impairment seen in Alzheimer disease.
Aphasia, Primary Progressive
A progressive form of dementia characterized by the global loss of language abilities and initial preservation of other cognitive functions. Fluent and nonfluent subtypes have been described. Eventually a pattern of global cognitive dysfunction, similar to ALZHEIMER DISEASE, emerges. Pathologically, there are no Alzheimer or PICK DISEASE like changes, however, spongiform changes of cortical layers II and III are present in the TEMPORAL LOBE and FRONTAL LOBE. (From Brain 1998 Jan;121(Pt 1):115-26)
National Health Programs
Components of a national health care system which administer specific services, e.g., national health insurance.
PubMed Articles
Dementia: a global health priority - highlights from an ADI and World Health Organization report.
ABSTRACT: Alzheimer's Disease International is the worldwide federation of Alzheimer associations that represent people with dementia and their families. Alzheimer's Disease International has commissi...
Alzheimer disease: Biomarker trajectories across stages of Alzheimer disease.
Clinical and biomarker changes in Alzheimer's disease.
To the Editor: In reporting the results of the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN) study, Bateman and colleagues (Aug. 30 issue)(1) describe clinical and biomarker changes in dominantly inhe...
Clinical and biomarker changes in Alzheimer's disease.
To the Editor: In reporting the results of the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN) study, Bateman and colleagues (Aug. 30 issue)(1) describe clinical and biomarker changes in dominantly inhe...
Clinical and biomarker changes in Alzheimer's disease.
To the Editor: In reporting the results of the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN) study, Bateman and colleagues (Aug. 30 issue)(1) describe clinical and biomarker changes in dominantly inhe...
Clinical Trials
Alzheimer's Disease Treatment and Illness Perceptions Survey (TIPS) II
The TIPS Study, or Treatment and Illness Perceptions Survey, is a study funded by the national Alzheimer's Association to learn more about differences between African Americans' and Whites...
Pain Perception in Alzheimer's Disease
The purpose of this study is to determine response to pain in Alzheimer's disease.We plan to study the effect of diffuse noxious inhibitory controls(counterirritation phenomenon)and the a...
Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN)
The purpose of this study is to identify potential biomarkers that may predict the development of Alzheimer's disease in people who carry an Alzheimer's mutation.
Specific Care and Assistance Plan for Alzheimer's Disease
The main objective of this work is to assess the feasibility and efficacy of a specific Care and Assistance Plan for Alzheimer's disease (PLASA). The main outcome measure selected is incap...
Coordinating Center for Enhancing ADRD Caregiving
Established in 1995, Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health (REACH) is a unique, multi-site research program sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the Nation...
