Principal Investigators


Soininen Hilkka

Institution


University of Eastern Finland

Contact information of lead PI


Country


Finland

Title of project or programme


Multimodal analysis of Imaging and Biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease

Source of funding information


Academy of Finland

Total sum awarded (Euro)


€ 430,270

Start date of award


01/09/2012

Total duration of award in years


4

Keywords


Research Abstract


Dementia is a major health problem in the world. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia. Our aim is find biomarkers and biomarker combinations for early diagnosis and prediction of AD. A previous study, PredictAD, provided many tools for image analyses and a decision making tool “AD Disease State Fingerprint” to facilitate early diagnosis. Analysis of metabolomics and lipidomics from blood has potential for developing a blood based biomarker for early detection of AD. In this study we will validate PredictAD tools for neuroimage analysis, Disease State Finger Print, and blood markers detected in other cohorts. We will use data mining from patients cohorts including clinical, neuropsychological, MRI, genetic, and blood lipidomic, metabolomics, proteomic data to define the best possible predictive model of existing AD. We will also investigate the profile of selected risk genes and blood and CSF biomarkers on imaging findings.

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