Tag Archives: Brain Research

UK Biobank: Ambitious Imaging Data Collection (BBC News / European Psychiatry)

Posted on May 3, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Around 100,000 of the 500,000 adults aged 40-69 and currently enrolled in UK Biobank are to be invited to take part in detailed imaging of their brain, heart and other major organs. This will be the world’s biggest scanning … Continue reading →

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UK Biobank Epidemiological Study Into Dementia Risk Factors (BBC News / Medical Research Council)

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A large-scale study, funded by the Medical Research Council, is to investigate the risk factors which contribute to the possibility of developing dementia. A third of a million adults in the UK, all of whom participated earlier in the … Continue reading →

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Research Opportunities: Dementia Research Leaders Programme (Alzheimer’s Society)

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Alzheimer’s Society is running a “Dementia Research Leaders” Programme which explains the funding and development opportunities for people from biomedical, clinical and social science backgrounds in UK-based dementia-related research. Read more: Dementia Research Leaders programme. Alzheimer’s Society. Reference Dementia Research Leaders programme. … Continue reading →

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HBP: Human Brain Project (BBC News)

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Scientists from 135 research institutions, mostly Europe-based, are planning to participate in a 10-year, 1 billion pound neuroscience project, entitled the Human Brain Project (HBP). The HBP aims to explore how the human brain works, possibly ultimately developing computer simulations of brain activity, neurological processes and neurodegenerative … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Brain Research

UK Biobank: Ambitious Imaging Data Collection (BBC News / European Psychiatry)

UK Biobank Epidemiological Study Into Dementia Risk Factors (BBC News / Medical Research Council)

Research Opportunities: Dementia Research Leaders Programme (Alzheimer’s Society)

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