These studies are conducted at the Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory at MIT under the direction of Prof. Suzanne Corkin.
Participants are individuals with mild dementia.
These studies are conducted in collaboration with Prof. Suzanne Corkin at MIT and Dr. Gil Gonzalez at the MGH Neuroimaging Center. We also collect information regarding putative environmental risk factors for developing dementia. In association with Drs. In conjunction with Dr. Bradley Hyman, we collect blood from each individual attending the MDU to determine apolipoprotein E genotype. Having the APO e4 allele is a risk factor for developing AD and appears to lower the age of dementia onset.